Conti Ransomware Thursday, Share Facebook, Public Affairs Conti Attacked — Ukrainian National Extradited from Ireland in Connection with Conti Ransomware | United States Justice Department.
If convicted, he carries a maximum potential penalty of 5 years in prison for the computer fraud conspiracy and 20 years in prison for the wire fraud conspiracy.In September 2023, an indictment charging four other Conti conspirators was unsealed in the Middle District of Tennessee.The FBI’s Nashville, San Diego, and El Paso field offices and the U.S. We urge every organization to remain vigilant and quickly report ransomware intrusions to your local FBI field office.”Lytvynenko has been charged with computer fraud conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy. announcement Ukrainian National Extradited from Ireland
in Connection with Conti Ransomware Thursday, October 30, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Conti Attacked Over 1,000 Victims, Resulting in at least $150 Million in Ransom Payments Following his extradition from Ireland, a Ukrainian man had his initial appearance today in the Middle District of Tennessee on a 2023 indictment charging him with conspiracy to deploy Conti, a ransomware variant that infected victim computers and networks, encrypting their data.court filings state, from in or around 2020 and continuing until about June 2022, Oleksii Oleksiyovych
Lytvynenko, 43, of Cork, Ireland, conspired with others to deploy Conti ransomware to extort victims and steal their data. In addition to his involvement in Conti, filings allege that he engaged in cybercrime up until days before his arrest in Ireland in 2023.“The defendant allegedly participated in a conspiracy to extort approximately $150 million in ransomware payments responsible for defrauding victims in almost every U.S. Court filings allege the conspirators hacked into victims’ computer networks, encrypted their data, and demanded a ransom to restore the victims’ access to their files and avoid public disclosure of the