DEFENDANT RECORD
Peter Yuryevich Levashov
pleaded
Aliases: Severa, Peter Severa
Operator of the Kelihos botnet; pleaded guilty in the District of Connecticut.
Key Facts
Status
PLEADED
Current legal state
Sentence
N/A
Pending / None
Restitution
$0
Mandatory restitution
Cases
1
Federal dockets
- Legal Disposition: pleaded.
- Nationality: Russian Federation.
- Total Imprisonment: Pending / None.
- Court Restitution: None ordered.
Prosecution Matters & Evidentiary Summary
Docket 3:17-cr-00083 · U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
U.S. v. Peter Levashov (Kelihos Botnet)
pleaded 2017-04-07
Russian operator (Severa) of the notorious Kelihos botnet, controlling over 100,000 infected computers worldwide used to harvest credentials, distribute ransomware, and blast billions of spam and stock pump-and-dump emails daily.
Target Sector: E-Commerce, Consumer Services, Telecommunications · Loss: $25.0 million
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