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Officials said he engaged in cybercrime up until his arrest in Ireland in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/89406\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg 2309w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-2.jpg?resize=1498,843 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><figcaption> (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=\"43.43956043956\"><body readability=\"89.061866666667\"><\/p>\n<p>A longtime former member of Conti, a ransomware group that attacked more than 1,000 organizations globally before it disbanded in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/ukrainian-national-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud-conspiracy-connection-conti-ransomware\">pleaded guilty<\/a> to participating in some of those attacks in federal court Wednesday, the Justice Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, also known as Alexsey Alexseevich Litvinenko, admitted he joined the prolific cybercrime group in September 2021 and held data on 12 victims, including eight based in the United States. The 44-year-old told the court he developed malware that Conti used in some of its attacks, according to officials. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defendant and his conspirators used the Conti ransomware to terrorize people and businesses in the United States and around the world, causing millions of dollars in damage,\u201d A. Tysen Duva, assistant attorney general of the Justice Department\u2019s criminal division, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Lytvynenko and his co-conspirators used the ransomware to attack more than 1,000 victims globally, ensnaring victims in 47 states, Washington, Puerto Rico and about 31 countries, according to the Justice Department. The FBI estimates Conti extorted more than $150 million in ransom payments from victims.<\/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 Ukrainian national pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison upon sentencing, which is scheduled for Sept. 10. <\/p>\n<p>Lytvynenko was arrested in Ireland in July 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/ukrainian-oleksii-lytvynenko-conti-ransomware-extradited\/\">extradited to the United States<\/a> in October 2025, and remains in federal custody in Tennessee where at least three of his victims are based. He left Ukraine in 2022 and obtained temporary protective status in Ireland, residing in Cork at the time of his arrest. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Lytvynenko and his co-conspirators extorted about $634,000 in Bitcoin from two victims in Tennessee, including an undisclosed government entity that resulted in the compromise of a sheriff\u2019s department, local emergency medical services and a local police department. According to an indictment that was unsealed last fall, Lytvynenko and his co-conspirators also leaked data they stole from another Tennessee-based victim after it refused to pay a $3 million ransom demand.<\/p>\n<p>Four of Lytvynenko\u2019s alleged co-conspirators \u2014 Maksim Galochkin, Maksim Rudenskiy, Mikhail Mikhailovich Tsarev and Andrey Yuryevich Zhuykov \u2014 were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/multiple-foreign-nationals-charged-connection-trickbot-malware-and-conti-ransomware\">indicted in 2023<\/a> in the same federal court for crimes related to their suspected involvement in Conti attacks from 2020 to 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Lytvynenko engaged in cybercrime after Conti disbanded and its members splintered off into new groups, adding that he \u201cwas asleep but within arms\u2019 reach of an open laptop running Cobalt Strike\u201d at the time of his arrest.<\/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>At one point, Conti was among the most prolific ransomware groups globally, 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/blacksuit-royal-ransomware-450-us-victims\/\">rebranded to Royal, before rebranding again to BlackSuit<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLytvynenko\u2019s guilty plea is a significant step toward holding cyber criminals accountable for the damage they inflict on victims worldwide,\u201d Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI\u2019s cyber division, said in a statement \u201cLytvynenko profited from fear and coercion, conspiring to use Conti ransomware to extort victims and steal their data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.4134980988593\">\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\/06\/conti-ransomware-group-member-pleads-guilty-faces-up-to-20-years-in-prison-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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