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Artem Vaulin

No alias recorded

Arrested

Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Alleged administrator of Kickass Torrents.

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

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 1 action across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. At least one linked takedown was added in the extended pass and was not independently source verified. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

Associated takedowns
Kickass Torrents takedown
Recorded role
Administrator of Kickass Torrents
Group segment
Core operator
Charging authority
Not recorded
Charging jurisdiction
Not recorded
Case number
Not published
Latest recorded action
Arrested, July 2016
Nationality
Ukraine
Country of residence
Ukraine

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 1 recorded action

  1. [1]
    Artem Vaulin, administrator of Kickass Torrents website, arrested in Poland

    US DOJ, July 20, 2016 Prosecutor release Source grade P1

    Establishes the Kickass Torrents domain seizure and Vaulin's arrest in Poland.

    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. At least one linked takedown was added in the extended pass and was not independently source verified.