Accusation:
While digging up information about @elena2017's case I was in close contact and had tremendous support from the real Ekaterina
She had the initial hunch and was essential to pulling the account 
The Findings:
What isn't portrayed, though, is the fact that she is also impersonating a few other artists!
First there are 
Next we have two more fake artists:
- impersonating nellyhandmade on vk.com
- impersonating Yulia Kurikhina on vk.com
But what kind of proof do we have to say
Not convinced yet? While all other artists have confirmed to me that they are unaware of their steemit presence, Anna's vk profile completely refuses communication, and so does
Need more? Check the activity times of the accounts, you will find a strange synchronicity in claiming rewards. If you check the voting behavior between these accounts, the connection is just as obvious! The tools by 
Also, Anna has been the one commissioning the paintings of 
We do not know who was commissioned to do the portrait of 
There are more steemit accounts who are possibly connected to
There are potentially many more artist profiles on steemit that are running like this, just see the case of @iconzbranding that I started my work with here.
So please, be extra vigilant when you see profiles like these. Use some scrutiny and execute a reverse image search on google, it's often as easy as that!
Please also be aware that the same scam is being executed, not only on steemit.com, but also on the russian fork called golos. If you know someone over there, they should probably check this out!
yours,
Sherlock
Have you witnessed similar things yourself?
Don't just ignore it and move on... let me know!