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# Organizations and roles

July 2016, Piracy and IP
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Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 3 organizations on this action. Operational lead: HSI. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Homeland Security Investigations](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/homeland-security-investigations), United States | Operational lead | Led the investigation and domain seizure. |
| | [Polish Police](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/polish-police), Poland | Arresting | Arrested Vaulin in Poland. |
| | [Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/internal-revenue-service-criminal-investigation), United States | Supporting | Supported the financial investigation. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

Federal criminal complaint; domain seizure warrants; Polish arrest warrant.

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026