Court case
United States v. Aleksandr Stepanov et al.
United States District Court for the Central District of California. Docket 2:22-cr-00429-JLS.
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- 2:22-cr-00429-JLS
- Linked takedowns
- 1
- People named
- 7
Case record
- Court
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- 2:22-cr-00429-JLS
- Status
- Defendants charged; most believed outside U.S. jurisdiction and at large in the latest located official source
- Status verified
- August 21, 2026
- Dataset id
- case_us_v_danabot_stepanov
The status line was checked against the public record on August 21, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.
What this case entry is.
This entry records a court docket the audit located and checked: the case name, the court, the docket number where one is published, and the status the cited sources establish. It is not a summary of proceedings and it does not stand in for the docket itself.
A case listed here does not establish that anyone named on this page is guilty. Charges are accusations only. Where a cited source records a conviction or a guilty plea, that outcome is attributed to the source and this index asserts nothing beyond it.
Sources for this entry were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 21, 2026.
Takedowns linked to this case
1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.
- Operation Endgame wave 2 . Multi threat campaign, May 2025
People named in this case
7 people in this index are recorded as named in this case.
- Aleksandr Stepanov . Also known as: JimmBee
- Aleksey Efremov . Also known as: Ahost
- Aleksey Khudyakov . Also known as: Bshayne, Moddixpb, BarboSpidor
- Artem Shubin . Also known as: Krad
- Danil Khalitov . Also known as: Flawless, Dancho
- Ibrahim Idowu . Also known as: daveedo, audrops, sostransfer, Ronald 22, Ronshop
- Kamil Szturgulewski . Also known as: RaZZputin, bank666, kgb666
Sources
1 source support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.
- United States v. Aleksandr Stepanov et al., DanaBot indictment , Supporting source . United States District Court for the Central District of California, May 22, 2025 . https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/16-defendants-federally-charged-connection-danabot-malware-scheme-infected-computers