John Dougan (conspiracy theorist)

John Mark Dougan, also known as BadVolf, is a former American police officer who became a hacker, conspiracy theorist and propagandist for the Russian government. He was a deputy sheriff of Palm Beach County and defected to Russia in 2017, where he received asylum and placed himself at the service of the Kremlin. He is said to have built up a network of disinformation sites to influence western politics.