Apple and Facebook handed over records this week that led to the arrest of KickAss Torrents alleged founder Artem Vaulin.
Authorities are seeking to extradite Vaulin sighting ‘criminal copyright infringement’, with KickAss Torrents responsible for making over $1 billion in illegal content available to download for free, including movies, TV and music.
Artem Vaulin was arrested in Poland, after the U.S. government was able to track down and locate the operator of the site.
U.S. authorities are claiming that Kickass Torrents has been pulling in at least 50 million users a month.