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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

Sources

Every claim on this person's pages traces to one of the entries below.

Official announcements come first, then the reporting that supports individual details.

2 sources cited across 2 recorded actions

  1. [1]
    Criminal Charges Filed in Los Angeles and Alaska in Conjunction with Seizures Of 15 Websites Offering DDoS-For-Hire Services

    United States Department of Justice, December 20, 2018 Government release Source grade P1

    Supporting detail not recorded.

    Open source
  2. [2]
    Judgment and Probation/Commitment Order as to Matthew Gatrel, United States v. Gatrel, No. 2:19-cr-00036-JAK (C.D. Cal.), Dkt. 315

    United States District Court for the Central District of California, June 13, 2022 Judgment Source grade P0

    Supporting detail not recorded.

    Open source
Coverage note. Nothing on this page rests on an uncited claim. Where a source is silent on an outcome, this entry leaves the outcome unstated rather than inferring one. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index.