Security News > 2024 > February > Ukrainian police arrest father and son in suspected LockBit affiliate double act

Today's edition of the week-long LockBit leaks reveals a father-son duo was apprehended in Ukraine as part of the series of takedown-related arrests this week.

The National Police of Ukraine confirmed the relationship of the pair after they were arrested at the request of the French government.

The instructive judges of the Paris Judicial Court have also issued an arrest warrant for a Russian LockBit affiliate, but authorities haven't been able to make the arrest yet.

The three arrests made this week bring the total number of people suspected to be LockBit affiliates in handcuffs to five.

The US has also indicted two other Russian nationals this week, Artur Sungatov and Ivan Kondratyev, alleged LockBit members but given their Russian location, it is unlikely to make an arrest unless they step into a country that has an extradition agreement with the US. The same goes for Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev who was similarly indicted in May 2023, facing charges that could land him more than 20 years in a US prison, should the feds ever get their hands on him.

A further $5 million is also up for grabs to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and/or conviction of any LockBit member in any country, regardless of rank.

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