Vladimir Tsastsin

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
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

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]
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

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.