Feds nab KickassTorrents.com owner, seize domains

Posted by DomainGang on July 20, 2016, at 8:49 pm

U.S. authorities have charged the alleged owner of today’s most visited illegal file-sharing website, KickassTorrents.com, with criminal copyright infringement and have seized domain names associated with the website. According to the US Department of Justice, Artem Vaulin, 30, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested today in Poland and is charged by criminal complaint. The charges include […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Artem Vaulin, Domainers, Domains, Justice.gov, KickAssTorrents.com, Kickasstorrents, Piracy, Seized domains, US Justice Department, cybercriminals

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