Government release

# US Department of Justice announcements on LockBit charges and defendants

United States Department of Justice, February 20, 2024. Charges against Sungatov, Kondratyev, Vasiliev, Astamirov, Panev, and Matveev; arrest and extradition history.

**Source type:** Government release

**Published:** February 20, 2024

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 15

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States Department of Justice

**Published:** February 20, 2024

**Source type:** Government release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

**What it supports:** Charges against Sungatov, Kondratyev, Vasiliev, Astamirov, Panev, and Matveev; arrest and extradition history

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_lockbit\_2024

## Research notes

- This is an aggregated placeholder covering several distinct DOJ releases. Split into per-release sources at verification.

How this source is used

Cited 15 times across 3 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Operation Cronos wave 1](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-cronos-wave-1)

Ransomware, February 2024

Supporting source

### Legal actions against people

13 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Mikhail Vasiliev](https://takedownindex.org/people/mikhail-vasiliev)

Arrested, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Mikhail Vasiliev](https://takedownindex.org/people/mikhail-vasiliev)

Sentenced, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Mikhail Vasiliev](https://takedownindex.org/people/mikhail-vasiliev)

Extradited, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Mikhail Vasiliev](https://takedownindex.org/people/mikhail-vasiliev)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov](https://takedownindex.org/people/ruslan-magomedovich-astamirov)

Arrested, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov](https://takedownindex.org/people/ruslan-magomedovich-astamirov)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Artur Sungatov](https://takedownindex.org/people/artur-sungatov)

Charged, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Artur Sungatov](https://takedownindex.org/people/artur-sungatov)

Publicly wanted, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Ivan Gennadievich Kondratyev](https://takedownindex.org/people/ivan-gennadievich-kondratyev)

Charged, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Ivan Gennadievich Kondratyev](https://takedownindex.org/people/ivan-gennadievich-kondratyev)

Publicly wanted, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Rostislav Panev](https://takedownindex.org/people/rostislav-panev)

Arrested, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Rostislav Panev](https://takedownindex.org/people/rostislav-panev)

Extradited, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source
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[Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev](https://takedownindex.org/people/mikhail-pavlovich-matveev)

Charged, Operation Cronos wave 1

Supporting source

### Excluded candidates

1 citation

Cited for a candidate event assessed and left out of the index.

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Mikhail Matveev US indictment

Indictment with no accompanying infrastructure seizure. Recorded as a person\_action against td\_2024\_cronos\_w1 rather than as its own takedown.

Supporting source

[All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)