Zdorovetskiy and his mother immigrated to the United States when he was 14, being allowed to keep his Russian citizenship and legally removing his patriarchal name.

After Zdorovetskiy revealed the whole thing to be a prank and that there was a hidden camera nearby, the man started attacking him and his partner and called the police.

Zdorovetskiy was arrested by Boca Raton police department, facing a maximum of 15 years in prison on charges related to bomb threats.

[12] The surgery and the video story was featured on television news casts including the Good Day LA Fox morning show.

[13] His 2013 "Gold Digger Prank", featuring a woman who rejects his advances until she believes he drives a Lamborghini Gallardo sports car, generated more than 18 million views in its first week of posting.

[17][18] In November 2015, Lionsgate officially acquired worldwide distribution rights for a film in which Zdorovetskiy starred, Natural Born Pranksters.

[19] In July 2014, Zdorovetskiy attracted major media attention after invading the field during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final between Germany and Argentina in Brazil.

According to law-enforcement, Zdorovetskiy allegedly tackled a female jogger and struck her multiple times in the head and chest, leaving her with a 2-inch cut above her right eye that required stitches.

[26][8] Zdorovetskiy performed another vigilante operation in May 2024 in Southwest Miami-Dade, during which he surprised a person he had accused of sexual misconduct with a fake alligator.

"[27] In the same month, a group including Zdorovetskiy and other vigilantes publicly accused a middle-aged man of attempting to meet with a 15-year-old minor for sex in a Publix store.

[29] Also in July, another operation alongside The Game and Wack 100 culminated in the former punching a man that the vigilante group had accused of attempting to meet a 15-year-old minor.

[17] Another operation with Zdorovetskiy and Ty Dolla Sign culminated with a man in his 70s being punched in the face, falling on the ground and cracking his head.