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	"title": "Man Charged for Participation in LockBit Global Ransomware Campaign",
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	"plain_text": "Man Charged for Participation in LockBit Global Ransomware\r\nCampaign\r\nPublished: 2022-11-10 · Archived: 2026-04-06 15:44:30 UTC\r\nA criminal complaint filed in the District of New Jersey was unsealed today charging a dual Russian and Canadian\r\nnational for his alleged participation in the LockBit global ransomware campaign.\r\nMikhail Vasiliev, 33, of Bradford, Ontario, Canada, is in custody in Canada and is awaiting extradition to the\r\nUnited States.\r\n“This arrest is the result of over two-and-a-half-years of investigation into the LockBit ransomware group, which\r\nhas harmed victims in the United States and around the world,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco. “It\r\nis also a result of more than a decade of experience that FBI agents, Justice Department prosecutors, and our\r\ninternational partners have built dismantling cyber threats. Let this be yet another warning to ransomware actors:\r\nworking with partners around the world, the Department of Justice will continue to disrupt cyber threats and hold\r\nperpetrators to account. With our partners, we will use every available tool to disrupt, deter, and punish cyber\r\ncriminals.”\r\n“Yesterday's successful arrest demonstrates our ability to maintain and apply relentless pressure against our\r\nadversaries,” said FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate. “The FBI's persistent investigative efforts, in close\r\ncollaboration with our federal and international partners, illustrates our commitment to using all of our resources\r\nto ensure we protect the American public from these global cyber threat actors.”\r\nAccording to court documents, LockBit is a ransomware variant that first appeared in or around January 2020. It\r\nhas become one of the most active and destructive ransomware variants in the world. Since first appearing,\r\nLockBit has been deployed against at least as many as 1,000 victims in the United States and around the world.\r\nLockBit members have made at least $100 million in ransom demands and have extracted tens of millions of\r\ndollars in actual ransom payments from their victims. The FBI has been investigating the LockBit conspiracy\r\nsince in or around March 2020.     \r\nAccording to court documents, Vasiliev allegedly participated in the LockBit campaign. He is charged with\r\nconspiracy to intentionally damage protected computers and to transmit ransom demands. If convicted, he faces a\r\nmaximum of five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the\r\nU.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.\r\nAssistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney\r\nPhilip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey, Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran of the FBI’s Cyber Division,\r\nand Special Agent in Charge James Dennehy of the FBI Newark Field Office made the announcement.\r\nTrial Attorneys Jessica C. Peck and Jorge Gonzalez of the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual\r\nProperty Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew M. Trombly and David E. Malagold of the Cybercrime\r\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-charged-participation-lockbit-global-ransomware-campaign\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nUnit for the District of New Jersey are prosecuting the case, with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for\r\nthe Northern District of Georgia and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania.\r\nThe case is being investigated by the FBI Newark Field Office, Newark Cyber Crimes Task Force, with assistance\r\nfrom the FBI Atlanta Field Office, the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office, the FBI Miami Field Office, the FBI’s Legal\r\nAttaché-Ottawa, the Jersey City Police Department, the New Jersey State Police, and the New Jersey Office of\r\nHomeland Security and Preparedness. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs has also provided\r\nvaluable assistance.\r\nA criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a\r\nreasonable doubt in a court of law.\r\nSource: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-charged-participation-lockbit-global-ransomware-campaign\r\nhttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-charged-participation-lockbit-global-ransomware-campaign\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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