The investigation has resulted in dozens of indictments for federal crimes. In October 2017, Manafort was indicted on numerous Trump unrelated counts in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[3] In February 2018, he was indicted on numerous counts in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia[4] and on August 21, 2018, a jury found him guilty on eight felony counts.[5][6] Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI and became a cooperating witness in December 2017.[7] Mueller further secured guilty pleas from Manafort's business partner Rick Gates, former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan,[8] and Richard Pinedo,[9] all of whom became cooperating witnesses to the probe. In February 2018, Mueller indicted 13 Russian citizens and 3 Russian entities, most notably the Internet Research Agency,[10] and in June 2018 added an indictment of Konstantin Kilimnik, Manafort's business partner.[11] In July 2018, 12 members of the Russian GRU cyber espionage group known as Fancy Bear, responsible for the 2016 DNC email hacking, were indicted.[12] Investigations into Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen were referred to the US Attorney's office of the Southern District of New York.[13]