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Levon Georgiyovych Avetisyan

Armenian national named by US prosecutors as a co-conspirator in Ryuk ransomware attacks.

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Karen Vardanyan's 24-month Ryuk sentence is mostly time he has already served

Karen Vardanyan was arrested in Kyiv in April 2025, extradited within two months, and sentenced this week to 24 months that run against custody already served. Prosecutors had argued that only meaningful sentences change a cybercriminal's math.

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