Prosecutor release

# 17 defendants named in ANOM superseding indictment

USAO Southern District of California, June 8, 2021. Establishes the 17-defendant ANOM distributor roster including Ayik, Catanzariti, Hosseini, Ayub, Ngakuru, Nikitovic, Kumar, Zakhimi, and Dmitrienko..

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** June 8, 2021

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 9

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** USAO Southern District of California

**Published:** June 8, 2021

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**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:** Establishes the 17-defendant ANOM distributor roster including Ayik, Catanzariti, Hosseini, Ayub, Ngakuru, Nikitovic, Kumar, Zakhimi, and Dmitrienko.

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_anom\_defendants\_2021

## Research notes

- Not independently re-verified in this pass.

How this source is used

Cited 9 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.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

## Cited by

### Legal actions against people

9 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Joseph Hakan Ayik](https://takedownindex.org/people/joseph-hakan-ayik)

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source
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[Domenico Catanzariti](https://takedownindex.org/people/domenico-catanzariti)

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

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

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

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

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

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

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

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

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

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

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

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

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

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

Charged, Operation Trojan Shield

Primary source

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