# Timur Gerassimenko

No alias recorded

Charged, Arrested

Public record reviewed to August 21, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

_Alleged_ rove Digital/DNSChanger participant.

Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.

- Defendant charged in Operation Ghost Click.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 2 actions 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:** [Operation Ghost Click](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-ghost-click)

**Recorded role:** Rove Digital/DNSChanger participant

**Group segment:** Core operator

**Charging authority:** United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

**Charging jurisdiction:** Not recorded

**Case number:** Not published

**Latest recorded action:** Charged, November 2011

**Nationality:** Estonia

**Country of residence:** Not established

- [Associated takedowns](https://takedownindex.org/people/timur-gerassimenko)
- [Legal history](https://takedownindex.org/people/timur-gerassimenko/legal-history)
- [Charges](https://takedownindex.org/people/timur-gerassimenko/charges)
- [Sources](https://takedownindex.org/people/timur-gerassimenko/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 2 recorded actions

1. [1]
[Operation Ghost Click / DNSChanger case announcement](https://takedownindex.org/sources/fbi-usao-sdny-operation-ghost-click-dnschanger-case-announcement)

FBI / USAO SDNY, November 8, 2011 Law enforcement release Source grade S2

Establishes the DNSChanger seizure, substitute-DNS remediation, and the six-defendant indictment.

[Open source](https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2011/manhattan-u.s.-attorney-charges-seven-individuals-for-engineering-sophisticated-internet-fraud-scheme-that-infected-millions-of-computers-worldwide-and-manipulated-internet-advertising-business)

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.