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Matthew Gatrel

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

ChargedSentenced

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

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.

  1. December 19, 2018

    Charged by United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, CA, United States. Charged by criminal complaint filed in Los Angeles on 2018-12-19.

  2. June 13, 2022

    Sentenced by United States District Court for the Central District of California in CA, United States. 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.

Record note. Dates follow the earliest official announcement of each step. Where proceedings were subject to reporting restrictions, this entry records only what was published.

Court cases in which this person is named. Being named in a case is not a finding of guilt. Charges are accusations only.

Case Court Docket number Status
United States v. Gatrel United States District Court for the Central District of California 2:19-cr-00036 Juan Martinez convicted on Count 3 and sentenced 2021-12-09 to five years probation, judgment entered 2021-...