Russian, Uzbek Nationals Submitted 132 False Voter Applications: FDLE

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — A Russian national and an Uzbek national living in Florida were arrested for submitting false and fraudulent voter registration applications to the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections office last year, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement news release.

Dmitry Shushlebin, 45, a citizen of Russia living in Miami Beach, and Sanjar Jamilov, 33, a citizen of Uzbekistan living in St. Petersburg, submitted 132 fraudulent voter registration applications to the office in February and March 2023.

These applications were submitted in names other than their own, in envelopes with return and address labels that were identically formatted, including containing the same typographical error.

The applications also showed other indications of fraud, including repeating dates of birth and addresses. and nearly sequential social security numbers, FDLE said.

Change of address forms were also submitted to the U.S. Postal Service to route mail to the names and addresses on the fraudulent applications to three locations that Shushlebin and Jamilov allegedly controlled, the department said.

Shushlebin and Jamilov were each charged with one count of conspiring to submit fraudulent voter registration applications and give false information in registering to vote. If convicted, they each face a maximum penalty of five years in prison.