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](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/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](https://takedownindex.org/people/aleksandr-stepanov). Also known as: JimmBee - [Aleksey Efremov](https://takedownindex.org/people/aleksey-efremov). Also known as: Ahost - [Aleksey Khudyakov](https://takedownindex.org/people/aleksey-khudyakov). Also known as: Bshayne, Moddixpb, BarboSpidor - [Artem Shubin](https://takedownindex.org/people/artem-shubin). Also known as: Krad - [Danil Khalitov](https://takedownindex.org/people/danil-khalitov). Also known as: Flawless, Dancho - [Ibrahim Idowu](https://takedownindex.org/people/ibrahim-idowu). Also known as: daveedo, audrops, sostransfer, Ronald 22, Ronshop - [Kamil Szturgulewski](https://takedownindex.org/people/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](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-district-court-for-the-central-district-of-california-united-state), 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](https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/16-defendants-federally-charged-connection-danabot-malware-scheme-infected-computers) [All court cases](https://takedownindex.org/cases)