Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev
Also known as: LockBitSupp, LockBit, putinkrab
Charged, Publicly wanted, Sanctioned
Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026
Index entry last updated August 21, 2026
Alleged Creator, developer, and administrator of LockBit, operating as LockBitSupp.
Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.
- Identified by the NCA and DOJ as the creator, developer, and administrator of LockBit.
- At large; US reward of up to 10 million USD.
Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.
This entry records 3 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.
Legal summary
- Associated takedowns
- Operation Cronos wave 1
- Recorded role
- Creator, developer, and administrator of LockBit, operating as LockBitSupp
- Group segment
- Core operator
- Charging authority
- United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey
- Charging jurisdiction
- United States
- Case number
- 24-299
- Latest recorded action
- Charged, May 2024
- Nationality
- Russia
- Country of residence
- Russia
Legal history
Every step recorded in the public legal record for this person, in the order it happened.
These entries describe procedure only. Nothing here establishes guilt, and a charge remains an allegation until a court rules.
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May 7, 2024
Charged by United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey in NJ, United States. Twenty-six count indictment unsealed 2024-05-07, simultaneously identifying LockBitSupp publicly for the first time.
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May 7, 2024
Listed as publicly wanted by United States Department of Justice in Russia. Remains at large in Russia. US reward of up to 10 million USD.
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May 7, 2024
Sanctioned by Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury in the United States. Coordinated designations by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia on the same date. Not a criminal charge.