Lockbit ransomware developer Rostislav Panev has been extradited to the United States

[Lockbit ransomware developer Rostislav Panev has been extradited to the United States] According to Golden Finance, as reported by Bitcoin.com, Lockbit ransomware developer Rostislav Panev has been extradited to the United States, where he is currently detained and awaiting trial. According to charges from the U.S. Department of Justice, he has been serving as a programmer for the software since 2022 and received approximately $230,000 in cryptocurrency transfers. With the servers being seized and associated parties pleading guilty, Lockbit may face further blows, but key figures such as the organization's leader Dmitry Khoroshev remain at large. It is reported that Russian citizen Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev, who holds dual citizenship in Canada and Russia, have also been identified as members of the Lockbit organization. They were arrested in 2023 and 2022, respectively, and could face up to 25 years and 45 years in prison