Great question. It'll be interesting to look and see what law the charges are files under. . . https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download https://www.justi

Great question. It'll be interesting to look and see what law the charges are files under. . . https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download Charges 1.Conspiracy to defraud (being unregistered foreign agents acting in politics and stealing SSNs to bring money in), 2. Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Bank Fraud (laundering money to pay for ads and using stolen SSNs) 3. Identity theft (SSNs) So the answer is yes it's illegal to be a state actor propagandizing if you aren't registered under the Foreign Agent Restriction Act (which I'll have to read and chuckle over) and based on a quick scan of the primary document the indictments are for the way they tried to work around it.