LockBit suspect's arrest sheds more light on 'trustworthy' gang
FBI agents have arrested a Russian man suspected of being part of the Lockbit ransomware gang. An unsealed complaint alleges the 20-year-old was an Apple fanboy, an online gambler, and scored 80 percent of at least one ransom payment given to the criminals.
The feds allege that, through the devices, they managed to connect the suspect to an email address they say was used to register him on Amazon, Facebook, and Instagram as well as with an online betting program and a cryptocurrency exchange. They also detail alleged evidence that he owned, controlled, and used a variety of email addresses and IP addresses allowing him and his alleged co-conspirators to deploy LockBit and communicate with their victims.
The complaint says that in the case of a fifth victim's ransom payment, Astamirov allegedly received the"80 percent affiliate portion of the Victim-5 Ransom Payment into a Bitcoin address under his ownership and control hours after Victim-5 made that payment." Special agent Keith Manning testified in the complaint that he believed"based in part on the fact that Astamirov received virtually all of the 80 percent affiliate portion of the Victim-5 Ransom Payment, that Astamirov was involved in the execution of that LockBit attack." The complaint also detailed parts of a transcript of the negotiations.
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