Prosecutor release

# Moldovan Sentenced for Distributing Multifunction Malware Package

United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania, December 6, 2018. Andrey Ghinkul extradition and time-served sentence.

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** December 6, 2018

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 3

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania

**Published:** December 6, 2018

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/moldovan-sentenced-distributing-multifunction-malware-package](https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/moldovan-sentenced-distributing-multifunction-malware-package)

**What it supports:** Andrey Ghinkul extradition and time-served sentence

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_dridex\_sentence\_2018

How this source is used

Cited 3 times across 2 record types.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/dridex-bugat-cridex-disruption)

Malware and botnets, October 2015

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Andrey Ghinkul](https://takedownindex.org/people/andrey-ghinkul)

Extradited, Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption

Primary source
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[Andrey Ghinkul](https://takedownindex.org/people/andrey-ghinkul)

Sentenced, Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption

Primary source

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