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Diogo Santos Coelho

Also known as: Omnipotent, downloading, shiza, kingphish3r

ArrestedChargedExtradition requested

Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Alleged founder and chief administrator of RaidForums.

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

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
Operation Tourniquet
Recorded role
Founder and chief administrator of RaidForums
Group segment
Core operator
Charging authority
United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia
Charging jurisdiction
United States
Case number
Not published
Latest recorded action
Arrested, January 2022
Nationality
Portugal
Country of residence
Portugal

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.

2 sources cited across 3 recorded actions

  1. [1]
    Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Seizure of RaidForums Website

    United States Department of Justice, April 12, 2022 Government release Source grade P1

    Domain seizures, indictment of Diogo Santos Coelho, forum scale

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

  2. [2]
    One of the world's biggest hacker forums taken down

    Europol, April 12, 2022 International agency release Source grade P2

    Operation Tourniquet coordination, participating countries, UK arrest

    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.