# Sven Echternach

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/sven-echternach)
- [Legal history](https://takedownindex.org/people/sven-echternach/legal-history)
- [Charges](https://takedownindex.org/people/sven-echternach/charges)
- [Sources](https://takedownindex.org/people/sven-echternach/sources)

## Associated takedowns

Law enforcement actions against infrastructure and services linked to this person, and the action recorded against the person in each one.

Outcomes and dates follow the public reporting cited on the sources tab and are subject to revision.

1 recorded action across 1 takedown

| Date | Takedown | Target | Connection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 5, 2012, [Source [1]](https://takedownindex.org/people/sven-echternach/sources#source-1) | [Megaupload seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/megaupload-seizure), Piracy and IP | Megaupload | Megaupload principal or employee | Charged. No further detail published |