Court case

# United States v. Alexandre Cazes

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Docket 1:17-cr-00144-LJO.

**Jurisdiction:** US

**Docket number:** 1:17-cr-00144-LJO

**Linked takedowns:** 1

**People named:** 1

## Case record

**Court:** United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

**Jurisdiction:** US

**Docket number:** 1:17-cr-00144-LJO

**Status:** Abated/terminated following Cazes’s death in Thai custody; related forfeiture continued

**Status verified:** August 21, 2026

**Dataset id:** case\_us\_v\_cazes

The status line was checked against the public record on August 21, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.

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## Takedowns linked to this case

1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.

- [AlphaBay seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/alphabay-seizure). Darknet market, July 2017

## People named in this case

1 person in this index is recorded as named in this case.

- [Alexandre Cazes](https://takedownindex.org/people/alexandre-cazes). Also known as: Alpha02, Admin

## Sources

1 source support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.

- [AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-department-of-justice-alphabay-the-largest-online-dark-market-shut), Primary source. United States Department of Justice, July 20, 2017. [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/alphabay-largest-online-dark-market-shut-down](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/alphabay-largest-online-dark-market-shut-down)

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