# Matthew Gatrel

Also known as: Fluffy, Matthew Duane Gatrel, Mike Andrews

Charged, Sentenced

Public record reviewed to August 23, 2026

Index entry last updated August 23, 2026

_Alleged_ operator of the Downthem DDoS-for-hire service and the Ampnode attack-infrastructure service.

Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.

- Charged on 2018-12-19 in the Central District of California over the Downthem and Ampnode services. DOJ gave his age as 30 and his residence as St. Charles, Illinois.
- Aliases are the akas recorded on the court's judgment. Nationality is left null: DOJ published a US residence, not a nationality.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 2 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 PowerOFF December 2018 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-december-2018-wave)

**Recorded role:** operator of the Downthem DDoS-for-hire service and the Ampnode attack-infrastructure service

**Group segment:** Segment not established

**Charging authority:** United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

**Charging jurisdiction:** United States

**Case number:** 2:19-cr-00036

**Latest recorded action:** Sentenced, June 2022

**Nationality:** Not established

**Country of residence:** United States

**Recorded sentence:** 24 months imprisonment on Counts 1 and 3, to run concurrently, followed by three years of supervised release

- [Associated takedowns](https://takedownindex.org/people/matthew-gatrel)
- [Legal history](https://takedownindex.org/people/matthew-gatrel/legal-history)
- [Charges](https://takedownindex.org/people/matthew-gatrel/charges)
- [Sources](https://takedownindex.org/people/matthew-gatrel/sources)

## Associated takedowns

Law enforcement actions against infrastructure and services linked to this person, and the action recorded against the person in each one.

Outcomes and dates follow the public reporting cited on the sources tab and are subject to revision.

2 recorded actions across 1 takedown

| Date | Takedown | Target | Connection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 19, 2018, [Source [1]](https://takedownindex.org/people/matthew-gatrel/sources#source-1) | [Operation PowerOFF December 2018 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-december-2018-wave), Operation PowerOFF | 15 booter and stresser services | Alleged operator of the Downthem DDoS-for-hire service and the Ampnode attack-infrastructure service | Charged. Charged by criminal complaint filed in Los Angeles on 2018-12-19. |
| June 13, 2022, [Source [2]](https://takedownindex.org/people/matthew-gatrel/sources#source-2) | [Operation PowerOFF December 2018 wave](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-poweroff-december-2018-wave), Operation PowerOFF | 15 booter and stresser services | Operator of the Downthem and Ampnode services | Sentenced. Judgment and Probation/Commitment Order entered by Judge John A. Kronstadt on 2022-06-13 on Counts 1 and 3 of the indictment. The judgment form's plea and finding checkboxes did not survive text extraction, so this record does not assert whether conviction followed a plea or a jury verdict; the docket shows trial activity in September 2021. |