The Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging former Fox News producer Jack Hanick, accusing him of working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch to establish TV networks in Russia and in other European countries, according to Variety.
Court documents cited in the report claim that Hanick, 71, was working for Konstantin Malofeyev, who since 2014 has been under U.S. sanctions that were imposed in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, the magazine reported.
Hanick worked at Fox News from its founding, in 1996, through August 2011, according to his LinkedIn page. The indictment alleges that he went to work for Malofeyev in 2013.
According to the indictment, Hanick was listed as “board chairman” and “general producer” of the network, reporting directly to Malofeyev. Hanick is also accused of working on Malofeyev’s behalf to establish networks in Greece and Bulgaria, once writing to Malofeyev that the Greek network would grant an “opportunity to detail Russia’s point of view on Greek TV.”
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Additionally, Hanick was charged of lying to FBI agents in February 2021 about his work for Malofeyev, according to Variety.
Hanick was arrested in London on Feb. 3 and U.S. authorities will seek to extradite him, according to the report.
