The Government of USA συνέλαβε τον ιδιοκτήτη του KickassTorrents, της μεγαλύτερης by clicking heres torrent in the world. The 30-year-old Ukrainian man was arrested in Poland today and charged with copyright violations and money laundering. In addition, a federal court in Chicago ordered the forfeiture of the lots domains used by the CTA.
So today the website does not seem to work.
30 from Ukraine, after his arrest in Poland, is expected to be issued in the United States that has requested his extradition.
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the owner is charged with conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, conspiracy to WRITTEN »THE WOODWORKING - THE OWNER , as well as two additional counts of violations of another section of the Copyright Act.
The complaint also reveals that the federations approached the site as advertisers, and revealed a bank account linked to the site.
It also shows that Apple handed over Vaulin's personal information crossed with an IP address he used for a transaction through iTunes with the IP address used to log into a KAT account and Facebook.
In addition to arrest in Poland, the court also accepted ordered a bank account associated with KickassTorrents, as well as several of the domain names of the site.
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