KAT has moved its domains before due to seizures and copyright lawsuits. These domains include, kickass.ag, kickass.cs, katproxy.is,, ,, and an onion site. But at the time of publication, all of those sites are down too. According to the complaint, the seized domains are:Īccording to Kickass Torrents’ status website, the service still has other domains or proxy sites that aren’t listed in the complaint. government has seized seven Kickass Torrent domains. In addition to arresting Vaulin, the U.S. Seven Kickass Torrents Domains Have Been Seized and the Entire Site is Now Down The copyright charges can bring a sentence of five years, but the money laundering charge has a maximum sentence of up to 20 years.Ģ. You can read the entire complaint filed against Vaulin here or below, as provided by the United States Attorney’s Office via press release: Vaulin is charged with running today’s most visited illegal file-sharing website, responsible for unlawfully distributing well over $1 billion of copyrighted materials… His arrest in Poland, however, demonstrates again that cybercriminals can run, but they cannot hide from justice. Vaulin was arrested in Poland and federal authorities will seek to extradite him to the United States, the Department of Justice announced in a press release.Īssistant Attorney General Caldwell, commenting on the press announcement, said: The suit alleges that Vaulin, 30, owns and operates Kickass Torrents or KAT. The United States filed charges against Artem Vaulin that include criminal copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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