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United States Charges Dual Russian and Israeli National as Developer of LockBit Ransomware Group

United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, December 20, 2024. Both Rostislav Panev person_actions on td_2024_cronos_w1: that a superseding criminal complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed on 20 December 2024 charging Panev, 51, a dual Russian and Israeli national, as a developer of the LockBit ransomware group (pa_panev_charged); and that he had been arrested in Israel in August pursuant to a U.S. provisional arrest request with a view to extradition, and was in custody in Israel pending extradition at the time of the release (pa_panev_arrest)..

Source type
Government release
Published
December 20, 2024
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
2

Bibliographic record

Publisher
United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
Published
December 20, 2024
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/united-states-charges-dual-russian-and-israeli-national-developer-lockbit-ransomware-group
What it supports
Both Rostislav Panev person_actions on td_2024_cronos_w1: that a superseding criminal complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed on 20 December 2024 charging Panev, 51, a dual Russian and Israeli national, as a developer of the LockBit ransomware group (pa_panev_charged); and that he had been arrested in Israel in August pursuant to a U.S. provisional arrest request with a view to extradition, and was in custody in Israel pending extradition at the time of the release (pa_panev_arrest).
Dataset id
src_doj_panev_charged_2024

Research notes

  • /opa/pr/ URLs of this age now resolve under /archives/opa/pr/; the DOJ press-release API returns this archives path as the canonical url, and the cited URL matches it exactly.
  • The release does not give the filing dates of the original or superseding complaints that the citing record's continuity note asserts (2024-08-09 and 2024-09-25). It states only that the superseding complaint was unsealed 'today', 20 December 2024, and that the arrest was 'in August'. It links to a copy of the superseding criminal complaint.

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