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
- 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
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
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Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads GuiltyOpen source
The RSOCKS later outcome: Denis Emelyantsev, 36, a Russian national, pleaded guilty on Monday 23 January 2023 to two counts — damage to protected computers and conspiracy to damage protected computers — in a California federal court, facing a maximum of 20 years and with sentencing scheduled for 27 April 2023.