# 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)

## 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.