Court filing
United States v. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, criminal complaint and affidavit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, March 16, 2023. Arrest, charge, and identification of the BreachForums administrator.
- Source type
- Court filing
- Published
- March 16, 2023
- Research grade
- P0
- Used in entries
- 7
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Published
- March 16, 2023
- Source type
- Court filing
- Research grade
- Source grade P0
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- Address
- No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.
- What it supports
- Arrest, charge, and identification of the BreachForums administrator
- Dataset id
- src_doj_fitzpatrick_2023
Research notes
- Docket number not captured. Arrest date conflicts across sources.
How this source is used
Cited 7 times across 4 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 20, 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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BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrestPrimary source
Fraud and stolen data, March 2023
Organization roles
2 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Operational lead, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest
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United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of VirginiaPrimary source
Charging, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest
Legal actions against people
3 citations
Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.
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Conor Brian FitzpatrickPrimary source
Arrested, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest
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Conor Brian FitzpatrickPrimary source
Charged, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest
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Conor Brian FitzpatrickPrimary source
Pleaded guilty, BreachForums shutdown following administrator arrest
Later activity
1 citation
Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.
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BreachForumsPrimary source
Ecosystem successor, Operation Tourniquet