Rostislav Panev
No alias recorded
Arrested, Extradited
Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026
Index entry last updated August 21, 2026
Alleged LockBit developer.
Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.
- Dual Russian and Israeli national.
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 Cronos wave 1
- Recorded role
- LockBit developer
- Group segment
- Developer
- Charging authority
- Not recorded
- Charging jurisdiction
- Not recorded
- Case number
- Not published
- Latest recorded action
- Extradited, March 2025
- Nationality
- Russia
- Country of residence
- Israel
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.
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August 18, 2024
Arrested by Israel Police in Israel. Arrested in Israel pursuant to a United States provisional arrest request.
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March 13, 2025
Extradited by United States Department of Justice in NJ, United States. Transferred from Israel to the United States. Not counted as a second apprehension.