Prosecutor release

# Two Russian Nationals Charged with Running Massive E-Book Piracy Website

US DOJ / USAO EDNY / FBI, November 16, 2022. Establishes the approximately 249-domain seizure and the charges against Napolsky and Ermakova..

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** November 16, 2022

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 8

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** US DOJ / USAO EDNY / FBI

**Published:** November 16, 2022

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-russian-nationals-charged-running-massive-e-book-piracy-website](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-russian-nationals-charged-running-massive-e-book-piracy-website)

**What it supports:** Establishes the approximately 249-domain seizure and the charges against Napolsky and Ermakova.

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_z\_library\_2022

How this source is used

Cited 8 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 23, 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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[Z-Library domain seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/z-library-domain-seizure)

Piracy and IP, November 2022

Primary source

### Organization roles

2 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/z-library-domain-seizure)

Operational lead, Z-Library domain seizure

Primary source
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[United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/z-library-domain-seizure)

Prosecuting, Z-Library domain seizure

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

4 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Anton Napolsky](https://takedownindex.org/people/anton-napolsky)

Charged, Z-Library domain seizure

Primary source
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[Anton Napolsky](https://takedownindex.org/people/anton-napolsky)

Arrested, Z-Library domain seizure

Primary source
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[Valeriia Ermakova](https://takedownindex.org/people/valeriia-ermakova)

Charged, Z-Library domain seizure

Primary source
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[Valeriia Ermakova](https://takedownindex.org/people/valeriia-ermakova)

Arrested, Z-Library domain seizure

Primary source

### Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[approximately 249 domains](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/z-library-domain-seizure)

Domains seized, Z-Library domain seizure

Primary source

[All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)
