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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

  1. [1]
    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
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.