DOJ v. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko

Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a conspiracy to deploy Conti, a ransomware variant that allegedly infected more than 1,000 computers and networks worldwide. He admitted to joining the Conti conspiracy no later than approximately September 2021, and to possessing data from eight U.S. and four overseas victims that had been stolen by Conti conspirators. He further admitted to joining a team run by a Conti conspirator, during which time he was directed to work on coding a “loader,” which is typically a type of malware used to load programs necessary to execute other malicious attacks.

Summary generated from official Department of Justice press release