Not so kickass anymore for Artem Vaulim, a 30 year old from Ukraine. It’s ironic, after buying something legally on iTunes, authorities tracked down Vaulim via his IP
address and KAT Facebook page login and arrested him.

KickassTorrents (KAT), a torrent website that has surpassed The Pirate Bay as the place to go for illegal downloads of movies and TV shows, appears to be in jeopardy today. It was reported that Vaulim was arrested in Poland.

To evade law enforcement, Vaulim relocates his servers to several countries around the world, and moved his domain to avoid repeated seizures and lawsuits. His arrest in Poland shows that cybercriminals can run from law enforcement but they cannot hide.

The website itself appears to be down right now, and, with Vaulin’s case pending, it is hard to see it resurfacing. U.S. authorities had posed as an advertiser to the site, which helped get Vaulin’s bank details. In another critical part of its efforts, Apple provided authorities Vaulin’s personal details following that iTunes purchase, according to court documents.

Vaulin has been charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit money laundering and two counts of criminal copyright infringement. The attorney general suggested in a statement that KAT had “stole[n] more than $1 billion in profits from the U.S. entertainment industry.”<