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
- 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
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
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[1]
Megaupload indictment and seizure announcementOpen source
Establishes the 18-domain seizure, the seven-defendant indictment, and coordinated New Zealand arrests.