Prosecutor release

# 16 defendants federally charged in connection with DanaBot malware scheme

USAO Central District of California, May 22, 2025. Names lead defendants Aleksandr Stepanov ('JimmBee') and Artem Kalinkin ('Onix') among 16 charged in the DanaBot scheme (part of Operation Endgame wave 2)..

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** May 22, 2025

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 2

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** USAO Central District of California

**Published:** May 22, 2025

**Source type:** Prosecutor 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:** Names lead defendants Aleksandr Stepanov ('JimmBee') and Artem Kalinkin ('Onix') among 16 charged in the DanaBot scheme (part of Operation Endgame wave 2).

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_danabot\_defendants\_2025

## Research notes

- Not independently re-verified in this pass.
- Full 16-name roster is only partially public; remaining 14 largely pseudonymous/sealed per the compass-artifact verification pass.

How this source is used

Cited 2 times across 1 record type.

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

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Aleksandr Stepanov](https://takedownindex.org/people/aleksandr-stepanov)

Charged, Operation Endgame wave 2

Primary source
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[Artem Aleksandrovich Kalinkin](https://takedownindex.org/people/artem-aleksandrovich-kalinkin)

Charged, Operation Endgame wave 2

Primary source

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