LockBitSupp’s Identity Revealed: Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev [Video]

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware

Russian National Faces US Criminal Indictment, Sanctions (@daveperera) • May 7, 2024    

The Russian national known as LockBitSupp, head of ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit, came under indictment Tuesday in U.S. federal court and faces sanctions from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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Prosecutors say LockBitSupp’s real identity – a closely guarded secret for which he offered a $1 million bounty as inducement not to inform police – is Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

Khoroshev, 31, now faces 26 criminal charges in New Jersey federal court, along with a prohibition preventing victims from entering into financial dealings with him. The U.S. Department of State has offered up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.

The United Kingdom and Australia also announced sanctions.

Given his home address in the western Russian …