Jurijus Kadamovas (born October 22, 1966) and Iouri Gherman Mikhel (born April 1965) are Soviet immigrants to the United States, from Lithuania and Russia respectively, currently on Federal death row for five kidnappings and murders. The kidnappings occurred over a four-month period beginning in late 2001, in which the kidnappers demanded ransom. On March 12, 2007, Kadamovas and Mikhel were sentenced to death. Four others were sentenced for participating in the plot, receiving sentences ranging from 11 years to life imprisonment.