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(bpperry\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"38.113552663884\"><body readability=\"78.371613995485\"><\/p>\n<p>A federal judge sentenced a Latvian national to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/member-prolific-russian-ransomware-group-sentenced-prison\">102 months in prison<\/a> for his involvement in a series of ransomware attacks for more than two years prior to his arrest in 2023, the Justice Department said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Deniss Zolotarjovs, a resident of Moscow at the time, helped an organization led by former leaders of the Conti ransomware group extort payments from more than 54 companies. <\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old was mostly tasked with putting pressure on the crew\u2019s victims. In one case, Zolotarjovs urged co-conspirators to leak or sell children\u2019s health records stolen from a pediatric healthcare company and ultimately sent a collection of sensitive data to \u201chundreds of patients,\u201d according to court records. <\/p>\n<p>The ransomware crew identified itself in ransom notes under multiple names during Zolotarjovs\u2019 involvement, including <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/conti\/\">Conti<\/a>, Karakurt, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/blacksuit-royal-ransomware-450-us-victims\/\">Royal<\/a>, TommyLeaks, SchoolBoys Ransomware, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tag\/akira\/\">Akira<\/a> and others. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zolotarjov and his co-conspirators extorted nearly $16 million in confirmed ransom payments from their victims. Officials estimate the group\u2019s crimes resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, not including the psychological and future financial exposure confronting tens of thousands of people whose personal data was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeniss Zolotarjovs helped his ransomware gang profit from hacks of dozens of companies, and even on a government entity whose 911 system was forced offline,\u201d A. Tysen Duva, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division, said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Officials said Zolotarjovs searched for points of leverage after researching victim companies and analyzing stolen data. Many of the victims impacted during his active participation between June 2021 and August 2023 were based in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Zolotarjov was arrested in the country of Georgia in December 2023 and extradited to the United States in August 2024. He pleaded guilty to money laundering and wire fraud in July 2025. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCybercriminals might think they are invulnerable by hiding behind anonymizing tools and complex cryptocurrency patterns while they attack American victims from non-extradition countries,\u201d Dominick S. Gerace II, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, said in a statement. \u201cBut Zolotarjovs\u2019s prosecution shows that federal law enforcement also has a global reach, and we will hold accountable bad actors like Zolotarjovs, who will now spend significant time in prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Russian ransomware crew was prolific and spread across multiple teams, relying on companies registered in Russia, Europe and the United States to conceal its operations. Authorities said the group included former Russian law enforcement officers whose connections allowed members to access Russian government databases to harass detractors and identify potential new recruits.<\/p>\n<p>Conti was among the most prolific ransomware groups globally for a time, impacting hundreds of critical infrastructure providers, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/costa-rica-conti-ransomware-extortion-collaborators\/\">Costa Rica\u2019s government<\/a> in 2022, and ultimately leading the State Department to offer a <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/conti-state-department-reward\/\">$10 million reward<\/a> for information related to Conti\u2019s leaders. The group was notoriously resilient, bouncing back with new infrastructure and hitting new targets after a <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/ransomware-gang-conti-bounced-back\/\">massive leak exposed chats<\/a> between the group\u2019s members in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Conti disbanded later that year, but members of the Cyrillic-language group rebranded under three subgroups: Zeon, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/black-basta-internal-chat-leak\/\">Black Basta<\/a> and Quantum, which quickly rebranded to Royal, before rebranding again to BlackSuit in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.4346590909091\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"14\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/latvian-national-sentenced-for-ransomware-attacks-run-by-former-conti-leaders-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Kapko\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Kapko<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Kapko is a reporter at CyberScoop. 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