Prosecutor release
Estonian Cybercriminal Sentenced For Infecting 4 Million Computers In 100 Countries With Malware In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, April 26, 2016.
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Published
- April 26, 2016
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 9
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
- Published
- April 26, 2016
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Supporting detail not recorded.
- Dataset id
- src_doj_sdny_tsastsin_sentencing_2016
How this source is used
Cited 9 times across 3 record types.
The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Operation Ghost ClickSupporting source
Malware and botnets, November 2011
Legal actions against people
7 citations
Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.
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Vladimir TsastsinLater outcome
Pleaded guilty, Operation Ghost Click
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Vladimir TsastsinLater outcome
Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click
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Timur GerassimenkoLater outcome
Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click
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Dmitri JegorovLater outcome
Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click
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Konstantin PoltevLater outcome
Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click
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Valeri AleksejevLater outcome
Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click
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Anton IvanovLater outcome
Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click
Infrastructure
1 citation
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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ServerLater outcome
Server seized, Operation Ghost Click