# Denis Aleksandrovich Emelyantsev

Also known as: Denis Kloster

Pleaded guilty

Public record reviewed to August 23, 2026

Index entry last updated August 23, 2026

Administrator of the RSOCKS proxy botnet.

A conviction or guilty plea is recorded in this entry.

- Charged in the Southern District of California with operating the RSOCKS proxy botnet.
- Arrested in Bulgaria in 2022 at US request and pleaded guilty in January 2023.

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:** [RSOCKS proxy botnet disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/rsocks-proxy-botnet-disruption)

**Recorded role:** Administrator of the RSOCKS proxy botnet

**Group segment:** Administrator

**Charging authority:** Not recorded

**Charging jurisdiction:** Not recorded

**Case number:** 3:19-cr-04748

**Latest recorded action:** Pleaded guilty, January 2023

**Nationality:** Russia

**Country of residence:** Not established

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

## Legal history

Every step recorded in the public legal record for this person, in the order it happened.

These entries describe procedure only. Nothing here establishes guilt, and a charge remains an allegation until a court rules.

1. January 23, 2023

Record note. Dates follow the earliest official announcement of each step. Where proceedings were subject to reporting restrictions, this entry records only what was published.

## Court cases

Court cases in which this person is named. Being named in a case is not a finding of guilt. Charges are accusations only.

No court case in this index names this person. That is a gap in the record, not a finding about this person.