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

**Address:** [https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/pr2016-D.pdf](https://oig.nasa.gov/docs/pr2016-D.pdf)

**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.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Operation Ghost Click](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-ghost-click)

Malware and botnets, November 2011

Supporting source

### Legal actions against people

7 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Vladimir Tsastsin](https://takedownindex.org/people/vladimir-tsastsin)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome
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[Vladimir Tsastsin](https://takedownindex.org/people/vladimir-tsastsin)

Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome
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[Timur Gerassimenko](https://takedownindex.org/people/timur-gerassimenko)

Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome
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[Dmitri Jegorov](https://takedownindex.org/people/dmitri-jegorov)

Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome
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[Konstantin Poltev](https://takedownindex.org/people/konstantin-poltev)

Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome
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[Valeri Aleksejev](https://takedownindex.org/people/valeri-aleksejev)

Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome
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[Anton Ivanov](https://takedownindex.org/people/anton-ivanov)

Sentenced, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome

### Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[Server](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-ghost-click)

Server seized, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome

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