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
- 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
Charges
Counts named in the public charging documents for this person, with the authority that brought them.
A charge is an accusation. No count on this page has been tested at trial by the fact of appearing here.
3 counts named in the public record
| Charge | Charging authority | Case number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conspiring to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act | United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California | Not published | Charged, December 2018 |
| Conspiracy | United States District Court for the Central District of California | 2:19-cr-00036 | Sentenced, June 2022 |
| Unauthorized impairment of protected computers, damage affecting 10 or more protected computers during any 1-year period; aiding and abetting | United States District Court for the Central District of California | 2:19-cr-00036 | Sentenced, June 2022 |
Counts are listed as they appear in the charging document. Where an authority confirmed a charge but published no docket, the case number reads not published rather than being left blank. This dataset carries no statute citations, so no statute column is shown.