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NIKOLAY ALMAZOV KRECHET

Crime · Wanted

NIKOLAY ALMAZOV KRECHET is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	NIKOLAY ALMAZOV KRECHET				[sources]
Other name	Nickolay A. Krechet · Nikolay A. Krechey · Nikolay Alma Krechey · Nikolay Krechet · Nikolay Krechey				[sources]
Weak alias	Kolya				[sources]
Birth date	1970-11-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Russia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Russia				[sources]
Eye color	Gray				[sources]
Hair color	Brown				[sources]
Height	5'8"				[sources]
Weight	230 pounds				[sources]
Ethnicity	White				[sources]
Source link	www.fbi.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-08-08	Last processed	2025-07-01	First seen	2024-02-28

Descriptions

Nikolay Almazov Krechet is wanted for his participation in a fraud scheme. From at least 2014 to August of 2015, Krechet was the leader of an organization that engaged in gift card fraud and stolen merchandise. Krechet and his crew would buy electronic merchandise and prepaid gift cards that had all been purchased with stolen credit card information. Krechet and his crew would then either re-sell the items, or would use the gift cards to purchase electronic merchandise to then resell. Krechet purchased and sold millions of dollars of fraudulent and/or stolen merchandise and gift cards.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-01