# 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](https://takedownindex.org/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

- [Associated takedowns](https://takedownindex.org/people/julius-bencko)
- [Legal history](https://takedownindex.org/people/julius-bencko/legal-history)
- [Charges](https://takedownindex.org/people/julius-bencko/charges)
- [Sources](https://takedownindex.org/people/julius-bencko/sources)

## 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

1. [1]
[Megaupload indictment and seizure announcement](https://takedownindex.org/sources/us-doj-usao-edva-megaupload-indictment-and-seizure-announcement)

US DOJ / USAO EDVA, January 19, 2012 Prosecutor release Source grade S2

Establishes the 18-domain seizure, the seven-defendant indictment, and coordinated New Zealand arrests.

[Open source](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-charges-leaders-megaupload-widespread-online-copyright-infringement)

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. At least one linked takedown was added in the extended pass and was not independently source verified.