Ukrainian National Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Wire Fraud Conspiracy in Connection with Conti Ransomware
Executive Summary
Ukrainian national Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, was sentenced by the U.S. Department of Justice to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud linked to the deployment of Conti ransomware, which infected over 1,000 computers.
Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: DataBreaches.net - Published Date: 2026-09-11T16:07:27+00:00 - Category: threat-intel
Original Description: There’s an update to a previously reported case. From the Department of Justice, this press release: Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced today to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a conspiracy to deploy Conti, a ransomware variant that infected the computers of more than 1,000... Source
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