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Jong Woo Son

No alias recorded

Arrested, Indicted, Convicted

Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Operator of Welcome to Video.

A conviction or guilty plea is recorded in this entry.

  • Operator of the Welcome to Video darknet site.

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
Welcome to Video seizure
Recorded role
Operator of Welcome to Video
Group segment
Core operator
Charging authority
United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia
Charging jurisdiction
United States
Case number
Not published
Latest recorded action
Indicted, August 2018
Nationality
South Korea
Country of residence
South Korea
Recorded sentence
Served a term of imprisonment in South Korea

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. March 5, 2018

    Arrested by Korean National Police Agency in South Korea. Arrested by Korean National Police at the time of the server seizure.

  2. August 1, 2018

    Indicted by United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia in DC, United States. Nine-count indictment returned under seal in 2018 and unsealed 2019-10-16. Exact return date not established in this pass.

  3. Date not established

    Convicted in South Korea. Convicted and served a prison term in South Korea. Korean court and date not verified in this pass.

Sequence note. 1 action carries no date in the public record. It is listed last, out of sequence, because the date was never published.
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.