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Gennadiy Kapkanov

Also known as: Hennadiy Kapkanov

Arrested

Public record reviewed to August 23, 2026

Index entry last updated August 23, 2026

Alleged head of the Avalanche network.

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

  • Described by Ukrainian police as the alleged head of the Avalanche network; the only Avalanche suspect publicly named by any authority.
  • RFE/RL describes him as 'Russian-born'; Ukrainian outlets have called him Ukrainian, and he was found carrying a Ukrainian passport in a false name. Nationality left null rather than guessed.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 2 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
Avalanche network takedown
Recorded role
head of the Avalanche network
Group segment
Core operator
Charging authority
Not recorded
Charging jurisdiction
Not recorded
Case number
Not published
Latest recorded action
Arrested, February 2018
Nationality
Not established
Country of residence
Ukraine

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. November 30, 2016

    Arrested by Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine in Poltava, Ukraine, Ukraine. Detained on the Avalanche action day after a brief shootout with police; released the following week when a Poltava court found prosecutors had failed to file charges properly, after which he disappeared.

  2. February 25, 2018

    Arrested by Cyberpolice Department of the National Police of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine. Rearrested in a rented Kyiv apartment carrying a Ukrainian passport in a false name; a laptop, flash drive and cash were seized. He was due to appear in a Poltava court on 26 February 2018.

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 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.