Julius Bencko
No alias recorded
Charged
Public record reviewed to August 21, 2026
Index entry last updated August 21, 2026
Alleged megaupload principal or employee.
Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.
- Named defendant in the Megaupload indictment.
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
- Megaupload seizure
- Recorded role
- Megaupload principal or employee
- Group segment
- Core operator
- Charging authority
- United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Charging jurisdiction
- Not recorded
- Case number
- 1:12-cr-00003-LO
- Latest recorded action
- Charged, January 2012
- Nationality
- Not established
- Country of residence
- Not established
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.
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January 5, 2012
Charged by United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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.
| Case | Court | Docket number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States v. Kim Dotcom et al. | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | 1:12-cr-00003-LO | Pending as to defendants not extradited; Andrus Nomm resolved by guilty plea; New Zealand extradition litig... |