Court case

# United States v. Andrey Ghinkul

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

**Jurisdiction:** US

**Docket number:** Not published

**Linked takedowns:** 1

**People named:** 1

## Case record

**Court:** United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

**Jurisdiction:** US

**Docket number:** Not published

**Status:** Extradited February 2016; guilty plea 2017-02-08; sentenced 2018-12-06 to time served

**Status verified:** August 21, 2026

**Dataset id:** case\_us\_v\_dridex\_ghinkul

The status line was checked against the public record on August 21, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.

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## Takedowns linked to this case

1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.

- [Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/dridex-bugat-cridex-disruption). Malware and botnets, October 2015

## People named in this case

1 person in this index is recorded as named in this case.

- [Andrey Ghinkul](https://takedownindex.org/people/andrey-ghinkul). No alias recorded

## Sources

3 sources support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.

- [Dridex botnet disrupted; administrator Andrey Ghinkul charged](https://takedownindex.org/sources/us-doj-fbi-uk-nca-dridex-botnet-disrupted-administrator-andrey-ghinkul-charged), Primary source. US DOJ / FBI / UK NCA, October 13, 2015. [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bugat-botnet-administrator-arrested-and-malware-disabled](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/bugat-botnet-administrator-arrested-and-malware-disabled)
- [Moldovan Pleads Guilty to Distributing Bugat Malware](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-attorney-s-office-western-district-of-pennsylvania-moldovan-pleads), Primary source. United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania, February 8, 2017. [https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/moldovan-pleads-guilty-distributing-bugat-malware](https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/moldovan-pleads-guilty-distributing-bugat-malware)
- [Moldovan Sentenced for Distributing Multifunction Malware Package](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-attorney-s-office-western-district-of-pennsylvania-moldovan-senten), Primary source. United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania, December 6, 2018. [https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/moldovan-sentenced-distributing-multifunction-malware-package](https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/moldovan-sentenced-distributing-multifunction-malware-package)

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