People
The Internet Takedown Index records the people publicly named in the takedowns it documents: defendants, alleged operators, administrators, developers, affiliates, and facilitators.
49 named people across 27 takedowns
A person's presence in this database does not imply guilt. Status language follows the public record and keeps allegations, charges, arrests, convictions, and sentences apart.
| Person | Role | Takedown | Status | Jurisdiction | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Bill , No alias recorded | Alleged administrator of Kingdom Market | Kingdom Market seizure | Arrested, Charged | United States | Dec 2023 |
| Alexander Vinnik , No alias recorded | Operator of BTC-e | BTC-e disruption | Arrested, Convicted | Greece / United States | Jul 2017 |
| Alexandre Cazes , Also known as: Alpha02, Admin | Founder and administrator of AlphaBay | AlphaBay seizure | Charged, Arrested, Deceased | United States / Thailand | Jul 2017 |
| Anatoly Legkodymov , No alias recorded | Founder of Bitzlato | Bitzlato / Operation Cryptostorm | Charged, Arrested, Pleaded guilty | United States | Jan 2023 |
| Andrey Ghinkul , No alias recorded | Alleged administrator of Dridex | Dridex/Bugat/Cridex disruption | Arrested, Charged | Cyprus | Oct 2015 |
| Anton Napolsky , No alias recorded | Alleged operator of Z-Library | Z-Library domain seizure | Charged, Arrested | Argentina | Nov 2022 |
| Artem Vaulin , No alias recorded | Administrator of Kickass Torrents | Kickass Torrents takedown | Arrested | Poland | Jul 2016 |
| Blake Benthall , Also known as: Defcon | Alleged operator of Silk Road 2.0 | Operation Onymous | Arrested, Charged | United States | Nov 2014 |
| Bram van der Kolk , No alias recorded | Megaupload executive | Megaupload seizure | Arrested | New Zealand | Jan 2012 |
| Conor Brian Fitzpatrick , Also known as: pompompurin | Founder and administrator of BreachForums | BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest | Arrested, Charged, Pleaded guilty, Sentenced | United States | Sep 2025 |
| Diogo Santos Coelho , Also known as: Omnipotent, downloading, shiza, kingphish3r | Founder and chief administrator of RaidForums | Operation Tourniquet | Arrested, Charged, Extradition requested | United Kingdom / United States | Jan 2022 |
| Finn Batato , No alias recorded | Megaupload executive | Megaupload seizure | Arrested | New Zealand | Jan 2012 |
| Jong Woo Son , No alias recorded | Operator of Welcome to Video | Welcome to Video seizure | Arrested, Indicted, Convicted | South Korea / United States | Aug 2018 |
| Kim Dotcom , Also known as: Kim Schmitz | Founder and controlling figure of Megaupload | Megaupload seizure | Charged, Arrested | United States / New Zealand | Jan 2012 |
| Mathias Ortmann , No alias recorded | Megaupload executive | Megaupload seizure | Arrested | New Zealand | Jan 2012 |
| Mikhail Vasiliev , No alias recorded | LockBit affiliate | Operation Cronos wave 1 | Arrested, Sentenced, Pleaded guilty, Extradited | Canada / United States | Jul 2024 |
| Ross William Ulbricht , Also known as: Dread Pirate Roberts, DPR | Founder and sole controlling administrator of Silk Road | Silk Road seizure | Arrested, Charged, Convicted, Sentenced, Released | United States | Jan 2025 |
| Rostislav Panev , No alias recorded | Alleged LockBit developer | Operation Cronos wave 1 | Arrested, Extradited | Israel / United States | Mar 2025 |
| Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov , No alias recorded | LockBit affiliate | Operation Cronos wave 1 | Arrested, Pleaded guilty | United States | Jul 2024 |
| Valeriia Ermakova , No alias recorded | Alleged operator of Z-Library | Z-Library domain seizure | Charged, Arrested | Argentina | Nov 2022 |
| YunHe Wang , Also known as: Tom Long, Jack Wat, Wang Yun He | Administrator of the 911 S5 residential proxy botnet | 911 S5 botnet dismantlement | Arrested, Sanctioned, Charged | Singapore / United States | May 2024 |
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Not everyone in a takedown is named
Authorities often report a number of arrests without publishing names. Those counts stay on the takedown record, so this list is smaller than the reported arrest totals.
A role is an allegation until a court says otherwise
The role column repeats the role stated in the public record. Where no conviction is recorded, it remains an accusation and nothing more.
Reviewed to August 20, 2026
Where a case left the public record before it concluded, the last recorded action is the last one published. A missing outcome is not an outcome.