# Alexandre Cazes

Also known as: Alpha02, Admin

Charged, Arrested, Deceased

Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

_Alleged_ founder and administrator of AlphaBay.

Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.

- Founder of AlphaBay.
- Died in Thai custody days after arrest; reported as suicide.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 3 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

**Associated takedowns:** [AlphaBay seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/alphabay-seizure)

**Recorded role:** Founder and administrator of AlphaBay

**Group segment:** Core operator

**Charging authority:** United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California

**Charging jurisdiction:** United States

**Case number:** 1:17-CR-00144-LJO

**Latest recorded action:** Deceased, July 2017

**Nationality:** Canada

**Country of residence:** Thailand

**Date of death:** July 12, 2017

- [Associated takedowns](https://takedownindex.org/people/alexandre-cazes)
- [Legal history](https://takedownindex.org/people/alexandre-cazes/legal-history)
- [Charges](https://takedownindex.org/people/alexandre-cazes/charges)
- [Sources](https://takedownindex.org/people/alexandre-cazes/sources)

## Sources

Every claim on this person's pages traces to one of the entries below.

Official announcements come first, then the reporting that supports individual details.

1 source cited across 3 recorded actions

1. [1]
[AlphaBay, the Largest Online 'Dark Market,' Shut Down](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-department-of-justice-alphabay-the-largest-online-dark-market-shut)

United States Department of Justice, July 20, 2017 Government release Source grade P1

AlphaBay seizure, Cazes arrest and death, charges, scale figures

No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Nothing on this page rests on an uncited claim. Where a source is silent on an outcome, this entry leaves the outcome unstated rather than inferring one. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index.