Cyber Brief: Key Cyber-related Court Cases
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The Cyber Vault has gathered below a compendium of basic documents from certain key cyber-related court cases. Court documents are often crucial to understanding the judicial history of legal quandaries related to internet technology as well as how the United States investigates and prosecutes cyber-enabled crime and espionage.
The list is in alphabetical order by defendant. We encourage users to suggest additional cases or to provide relevant documents.
Ajily, Mohammed Saeed and Rezakhah, Mohammed Reza
April 21, 2016
Superseding Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
American Civil Liberties Union et al. v. James R. Clapper, Keith B. Alexander, Charles T. Hagel, Eric H. Holder, and Robert S. Mueller III
August 26, 2013
Declaration of Professor Edward W. Felton in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Apple
February 1, 2016
Affidavit of Special Agent Matthew C Knight, Application and Order Requiring Apple, Inc. to Assist in the Execution of a Search Warrant in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Associated Press, Gannett Satellite Information, and Vice Media LLV v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
September 16, 2016
Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
September 30, 2017
Memorandum Opinion in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Bangladesh Bank vs. Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, et al.
January 31, 2019
Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Boggs, Andrew Otto and Liverman, Justin Gray
September 2, 2016
Affidavit in Support of Criminal Complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division
Bonthu, Sudhakar Reddy
June 28, 2018
Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Cruz-Zamora, Omar
June 4, 2018
Memorandum Order in the United States District Court of Kansas
Das, Mittesh
April 5, 2016
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Democratic National Committee v. the Russian Federation et al.
April 20, 2018
Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
October 3, 2018
Amended Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
January 18, 2019
Second Amended Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Dokuchaev, Dmitry; Sushchin, Igor; Belan, Alexsey; Baratov, Karim
February 28, 2017
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Dreamhost LLC
August 18, 2017
Non-Party Dreamhost, LLC’s Response in Opposition to United States’ Motion for Dreamhost to Show Cause in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
EPIC v. ODNI
June 26, 2017
Motion for Summary Judgment, Defendant’s Statement of Material Facts as to which there is no Genuine Issue, Defendant’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgement in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
June 26, 2017
Declaration of Edward Gistaro, Deputy Directore of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Fathi, Ahmad (et al.)
March 24, 2016
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Federal Election Commission
November 23, 2016
Memorandum Opinion in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Federal Trade Commission v. Qualcomm Incorporated
January 17, 2017
Federal Trade Commission’s Complaint for Equitable Relief in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
FIN7
July 27, 2018
United States District Court for the Western Washington District at Seattle, "United States of America v. Dmytro Valerievich Fedorov, aka hotdima, superseding indictment"
July 27, 2018
United States District Court for the Western Washington District at Seattle, "United States of America v. Fedir Oleksiyovych Hladyr, superseding indictment"
July 27, 2018
United States District Court for the Western Washington District at Seattle, "United States of America v. Andrii Kolpakov, superseding indictment"
“Flux” and “Flux 2”
November 28, 2016
Declaration of Special Agent Aaron O. Francis in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Hongjin Tan
December 20, 2018
Criminal Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Huawei Indictments
January 16, 2019
United States of America v. Huawei Device Co., Ltd., and Huawei Device USA, Inc. – Indictment in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
January 24, 2019
United States of America v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Device USA, Inc., Skycom Tech Co., Ltd., and Wanzhou Meng – Superseding Indictment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Hutchins, Marcus
July 11, 2017
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
August 4, 2017
Continued Initial Appearance in Rule 5(c)(3) Proceeding in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas Division
Iat hong, Bo Zheng, and Chin Hung
October 13, 2016
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In RE: Botnet of Compromised Computers
October 18, 2018
Warrant and Order in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Internet Research Agency LLC et al
February 16, 2018
Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jahanrakhshan, Kamyar
July 29, 2016
Criminal Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division
Kaspersky Lab, Inc. and Kaspersky Labs Limited v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security
December 18, 2017
Complaint
In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Originally contributed by Thomas Fox-Brewster, Forbes
February 5, 2018
Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Application for a Preliminary Injunction
In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Originally contributed by Matt Kahn, The Lawfare Institute
February 12, 2018
Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs’ Application for a Preliminary Injunction
In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Originally contributed by Matt Kahn, The Lawfare Institute
Kemp, Brian
September 15, 2017
Second Amended Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
September 17, 2018.
Order in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Khusyaynova, Elena Alekseevna
September 28, 2018
Criminal Complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Levashov, Peter Yuryevich (a/k/a “Petr Levashov,” “Peter Severa,” “Petr Severa,” and “Sergey Astakhov”)
April 4, 2017
Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
April 20, 2017
Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
March 30, 2018
Application for a Search Warrant in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Love, Lauri
September 16, 2016
Application for Extradition in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court
Martin, Harold T.
February 8, 2017
Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
February 23, 2018
Government’s Brief in Response to Order dated February 16, 2018 in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
December 17, 2018
Memorandum Opinion in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Mesri, Behzad
November 8, 2017
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Microsoft Corporation v. United States of America
July 14, 2016
Decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
October 13, 2016
Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
June 23, 2017
Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States
Mohamud, Mohamed Osman
August 9, 2017
Brief of Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy & Technology, and New America's Open Technology Institute in Support of Petitioner in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Morenets, Aleksei Sergeyevich; Serebriakov, Evgenii Mikhaylovich; Yermakov, Ivan Sergeyevich; Malyshev, Artem Andreyevich; Badin, Dmitriy Sergeyevich; Sotnikov, Oleg Mikhaloyvich; Minin, Alexey Valerevich
October 4, 2018
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
October 4, 2018
Exhibits A-G in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Netyksho, Viktor Borisovich (et al)
July 13, 2018
Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Ngia Hoang Pho
October 11, 2017
Plea Agreement in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
November 29, 2017
Information in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
March 5, 2018
Letter to the Honorable George L. Russell, III in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
OPM Data Breach Class Action
September 19, 2017
Memorandum Opinion in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Park Jin Hyok
June 8, 2018
United States of America v. Park Jin Hyok – Criminal Complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
September 6, 2018
The United States Department of Justice criminal complaint and arrest warrant for North Korean hacker Park Jin Hyok
Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
December 5, 2017
Brief of Former National Security and Technology Officials as Amici Curiae Supporting Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Radchenko, Artem, and Ieremenko, Oleksandr
January 15, 2019
Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Ralsky, Alan M.; Bradley, Scott K.; Devenow, Judy M.; Bown, John S.; Neil, William C.; Neil, Anki K.; Bragg, James E.; Fite, James E.; Severa, Peter; How Wai John Hui; Tribble, Francis A. “Frankie”
December 14, 2007
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Rafatnejad, Gholamreza et al
March 23, 2018
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
January 25, 2019
Opinion in the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois.
Safoo, Ashraf al (a/k/a Abu Al’-Abbas Al-Iraqi, Abu Shanab, and Abbusi)
October 16, 2018
Criminal Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Sahurovs, Peter and Maslabjeva, Marina
May 17, 2011
Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Salahi, Mohammedou Ould v. Barack H. Obama
April 9, 2010
Memorandum Order in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Savandi, Faramarz, and Mansouri, Mohammad Mehdi Shah
November 26, 2018
Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Schulte, Joshua Adam
January 8, 2018
Transcript of Proceedings in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
June 18, 2018
Superseding Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
February 12, 2019
RE: United States v. Joshua Adam Schulte, S2 17 Cr. 548 (PAC) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Seleznev, Roman
March 16, 2011
Superseding Indictment in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle
April 14, 2017
Sentencing Memorandum in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle
Seo, Katelin Eunjoo v. State of Indiana
August 21, 2018
Opinion in the Court of Appeals in Indiana
Shahnaz, Zoobia
December 13, 2017
Indictment in the Eastern District of New York.
Tyurin, Andrei (a/k/a “Andrei Tiurin”)
January 22, 2017
Superseding Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Ulbricht, Ross – also “Dread Pirate Roberts” and “Silk Road”
September 5, 2014
Declaration of Christopher Tarbell in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
October 1, 2014
Declaration of Joshua J Horowitz in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
May 31, 2017
Brief for Defendant-Appellant in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United Microelectrics Corporation, et al.
September 27, 2018
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
United States of America v. Ardit Ferizi
Ardit Ferizi, a.k.a. Th3Dir3ctorY, was a citizen of Kosovo on trial for providing support to ISIL and for related crimes involving computer information.
October 6, 2015
Criminal Complaint – Final
In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Originally contributed by Joe Davidson, Washington Post
September 16, 2016
Indictment
In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia<
Originally contributed by Joseph Cox, Independent Journalist
September 16, 2016
Position of the United States with Respect to Sentencing
In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Originally contributed by Joseph Cox, Independent Journalist
September 16, 2016
Defendant’s Reply to Government’s Position on Sentencing Factors and Response to Defendant’s Exhibit 1
In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Originally contributed by Joseph Cox, Independent Journalist
Vinnik, Alexander
January 17, 2017
Superseding Indictment, Arrest Warrant, and Motion to Seal in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Wang Dong, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, and Gu Chunhui
May 1, 2014
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Winner, Reality
June 3, 2017
Application for a Search Warrant in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
June 5, 2017
Affidavit of Special Agent Justin C. Garrick in Support of an Application for an Arrest Warrant in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
June 7, 2017
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
September 29, 2017
Verbatim Transcription of the United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
September 29, 2017
Detention Hearing before the Honorable Brian K. Epps in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
August 14, 2018
Government’s Sentencing Memorandum in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Witt, Monica Elfriede; Masoumpour, Mojtaba; Mesri, Behzad; Parvar, Hossein; and Paryar, Mohamad
February 8, 2019
Indictment in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao, and Xia Lei
September 13, 2017
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Xu Yanjun
March 21, 2018
Criminal Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
April 4, 2018
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Yahoo! Incorporated Class Action
October 22, 2018
Settlement Agreement and Release in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong
December 17, 2018
Sealed Indictment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Zhukov, Aleksandr; Timokhin, Boris; Andreev, Mikhail; Avdeev, Denis; Novikov, Dmitry; Ovsyannikov, Sergey; Isaev, Aleksandr; and Timchenko, Yevgeiny
November 27, 2018
Indictment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
