Prosecutor release

# Defendant Charged In Massive Internet Fraud Scheme That Infected Millions Of Computers Worldwide Extradited From Estonia To The Southern District Of New York

United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, October 31, 2014. DNSChanger / Operation Ghost Click: the extradition of Vladimir Tsastsin from Estonia to the Southern District of New York to face computer intrusion, wire fraud and money laundering charges.

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** October 31, 2014

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 3

## Bibliographic record

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

**Published:** October 31, 2014

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/defendant-charged-massive-internet-fraud-scheme-infected-millions-computers-worldwide](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/defendant-charged-massive-internet-fraud-scheme-infected-millions-computers-worldwide)

**What it supports:** DNSChanger / Operation Ghost Click: the extradition of Vladimir Tsastsin from Estonia to the Southern District of New York to face computer intrusion, wire fraud and money laundering charges

**Dataset id:** src\_usao\_sdny\_tsastsin\_extradited\_2014

## Research notes

- Retrieved through the justice.gov press-release JSON API because justice.gov serves an Akamai bot interstitial to automated fetchers.
- The release names the six other charged defendants: Timur Gerassimenko, Dmitri Jegorov, Valeri Aleksejev, Konstantin Poltev, Andrey Taame and Anton Ivanov.

How this source is used

Cited 3 times across 1 record type.

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

### Legal actions against people

3 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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

Charged, Operation Ghost Click

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

Arrested, Operation Ghost Click

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

Extradited, Operation Ghost Click

Later outcome

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