Court case # United States v. Mikhail Vasiliev United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Docket 24-468. **Jurisdiction:** US **Docket number:** 24-468 **Linked takedowns:** 1 **People named:** 1 ## Case record **Court:** United States District Court for the District of New Jersey **Jurisdiction:** US **Docket number:** 24-468 **Status:** Guilty plea 2024-07-18; awaiting sentencing in latest located update **Status verified:** August 21, 2026 **Dataset id:** case\_lockbit\_vasiliev 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 Cronos wave 1](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-cronos-wave-1). Ransomware, February 2024 ## People named in this case 1 person in this index is recorded as named in this case. - [Mikhail Vasiliev](https://takedownindex.org/people/mikhail-vasiliev). No alias recorded ## Sources 4 sources support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for. - [Dual Russian and Israeli National Extradited to the United States for His Role in the LockBit Ransomware Conspiracy](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-attorney-s-office-district-of-new-jersey-dual-russian-and-israeli-), Primary source. United States Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey, March 13, 2025. [https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/dual-russian-and-israeli-national-extradited-united-states-his-role-lockbit-ransomware](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/dual-russian-and-israeli-national-extradited-united-states-his-role-lockbit-ransomware) - [Two Foreign Nationals Plead Guilty to Participation in LockBit Ransomware Group](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-attorney-s-office-district-of-new-jersey-two-foreign-nationals-ple), Primary source. United States Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey, July 18, 2024. [https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/two-foreign-nationals-plead-guilty-participation-lockbit-ransomware-group](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/two-foreign-nationals-plead-guilty-participation-lockbit-ransomware-group) - [US Department of Justice announcements on LockBit charges and defendants](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-department-of-justice-us-department-of-justice-announcements-on-lo), Supporting source. United States Department of Justice, February 20, 2024. [https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/us-and-uk-disrupt-lockbit-ransomware-variant](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/us-and-uk-disrupt-lockbit-ransomware-variant) - [United States v. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, Criminal No. 24-299](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-district-court-for-the-district-of-new-jersey-united-states-v-dmit), Later outcome. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, May 7, 2024. [https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/lockbit](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/lockbit) [All court cases](https://takedownindex.org/cases)