WASHINGTON. The alleged head of the web site world’s largest piracy, Kickass Torrents , was arrested in Poland and charged to justice in the United States. He is accused of distributing illegal copies of movies, music and other content valued at over 1,000 million dollars.
The US Justice Department filed a criminal complaint against the Ukrainian Artem Vaulin (30), which was arrested in Poland and is required by Washington for violations of copyright, money laundering and other charges.
Vaulin is the alleged owner of Kickass Torrents , which in recent years has eclipsed Pirate Bay and other sites, to become the largest source of online piracy world.
the US criminal complaint states that the site offers “a sophisticated and friendly environment in which users you can search and locate content “that are protected by copyright.
it is estimated that Kickass Torrents , which distributes films, video games, TV shows, music and other online content it is the 69th most visited site on the Internet, according to the presentation by the Department of Justice US.
“Vaulin is accused of running the website illegal distribution of files most visited today responsible for illegally distributing protected by copyright for more than 1,000 billion materials, “said Deputy Attorney General Leslie Caldwell.
” in an effort to evade law enforcement, Vaulin apparently depended localized in countries around the world and moved their domains due to repeated seizures and civil actions servants “, he said. “However, his arrest in Poland shows that cybercriminals can operate, but not hide from justice,” he added.
The spokesman for the Polish border guard, Agnieszka Golias, he told AFP this that Vaulin was arrested at Warsaw Chopin airport on Wednesday “during an attempt to enter Poland.”
the US authorities are seeking to extradite Vaulin to face charges filed in court federal of Chicago, who ordered the seizure of a bank account seven domains associated with the website.
the criminal complaint says authorities were able to trace and identify Vaulin by provided by Apple files from your iCloud account .
AFP
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