Ukrainian National Sentenced to Four Years for Conti Ransomware Conspiracy

Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, a 44-year-old Ukrainian national, was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with deploying Conti ransomware. The case involves a conspiracy to deploy Conti, a ransomware variant that infected the computers of more than 1,000 victims. The sentencing was announced by the Department of Justice and represents an update to a previously reported case.