Prosecutor release

# All Extradited Distributors of ANOM Hardened Encrypted Devices Plead Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy

United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of California, February 7, 2025. ANOM case status, eight extradited guilty pleas, eight arrested abroad awaiting extradition, one fugitive, approximately 1,200 arrests.

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** February 7, 2025

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 9

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of California

**Published:** February 7, 2025

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/all-extradited-distributors-anom-hardened-encrypted-devices-plead-guilty-racketeering](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/all-extradited-distributors-anom-hardened-encrypted-devices-plead-guilty-racketeering)

**What it supports:** ANOM case status, eight extradited guilty pleas, eight arrested abroad awaiting extradition, one fugitive, approximately 1,200 arrests

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_anom\_all\_guilty\_2025

How this source is used

Cited 9 times across 2 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 21, 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 Trojan Shield](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-trojan-shield)

Criminal communications, October 2018

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

8 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Osemah Elhassen](https://takedownindex.org/people/osemah-elhassen)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source
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[Dragan Nikitovic](https://takedownindex.org/people/dragan-nikitovic)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source
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[Edwin Harmendra Kumar](https://takedownindex.org/people/edwin-harmendra-kumar)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source
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[Miwand Zakhimi](https://takedownindex.org/people/miwand-zakhimi)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source
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[Seyyed Hossein Hosseini](https://takedownindex.org/people/seyyed-hossein-hosseini)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source
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[Aurangzeb Ayub](https://takedownindex.org/people/aurangzeb-ayub)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source
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[Shane Ngakuru](https://takedownindex.org/people/shane-ngakuru)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source
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[Alexander Dmitrienko](https://takedownindex.org/people/alexander-dmitrienko)

Pleaded guilty, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source

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