Prosecutor release

# Estonian Cybercriminal Sentenced For Infecting 4 Million Computers In 100 Countries With Malware In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme

United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, April 26, 2016. DNSChanger / Operation Ghost Click: Vladimir Tsastsin's sentence of more than seven years' imprisonment, imposed by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan federal court.

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** April 26, 2016

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 2

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States 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://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/estonian-cybercriminal-sentenced-infecting-4-million-computers-100-countries-malware](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/estonian-cybercriminal-sentenced-infecting-4-million-computers-100-countries-malware)

**What it supports:** DNSChanger / Operation Ghost Click: Vladimir Tsastsin's sentence of more than seven years' imprisonment, imposed by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan federal court

**Dataset id:** src\_usao\_sdny\_tsastsin\_sentenced\_2016

## Research notes

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How this source is used

Cited 2 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

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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

Charged, 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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