# 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)

## 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

2. June 13, 2022

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

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](https://takedownindex.org/cases/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-... |