Lockbit Ransomware developer is extradited to the United States

Rostislav Panev, a 51-year-old double Russian-Israeli citizen who is accused of being a key developer of The Not Lockbit The ransom band was extradited from Israel in the United States, the Ministry of Justice declared Thursday.

Laid was arrested in Israel in DecemberBy becoming third man Arrested for their role in Lockbit. Since then, he has been waiting for extradition to Israel.

Prosecutors claim that Panev was a developer working for the LockBit ransom group from her beginning in 2019 and at least until February 2024. Panev and other Lockbit developers designed the gang’s malware and maintained their infrastructure and split the crime of the attachment of the gang that were Doj.

“If you are a member of the Lockbit Ransomware Conspiracy, the US will find you and send you to court,” said the United States Prosecutor John Jordano.