United States of America v. Maxim Rudometov - Criminal Complaint

Bibliographic record

Publisher

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Published

November 3, 2022

Source type

Court filing

Research grade

Source grade P0

Language

English

Official record

Official publication

Address

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/media/1375146/dl?inline

What it supports

The charging instrument behind pa_rudometov_charged on td_2024_operation_magnus: the sealed criminal complaint and supporting affidavit in United States v. Maxim Rudometov, Case No. 1:22-mj-00906-ML, Western District of Texas (Austin), sworn before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Lane on 3 November 2022, charging access device fraud (18 U.S.C. 1029), conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and aiding and abetting computer intrusion (18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(4) and 371) and money laundering (18 U.S.C. 1956), and alleging that Rudometov conspired to distribute and operate the RedLine infostealer from servers under his control.

Dataset id

src_court_us_v_rudometov_criminal_complaint_2022

Research notes

• 18-page PDF hosted by DOJ at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas; document 3 on the docket, headers stamped 'Case 1:22-mj-00906-ML *SEALED* Document 3 *SEALED* Filed 11/03/22'.
• The complaint was filed under seal on 3 November 2022 and released publicly around Operation Magnus; the PDF's own creation timestamp is 28 October 2024, the day before the 29 October 2024 announcement. published_on is the court filing date, not the release date.
• The affiant is a Special Agent of the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service assigned to the FBI's Cyber Task Force in Austin, Texas; the agent's name is redacted in the public copy.
• The application is for an arrest warrant, consistent with the citing record's note that no arrest was announced.