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In July 2016, Artem Vaulin left Ukraine for a vacation to Iceland with his family, but he never made it to his destination. During a layover in Poland, Vaulin — the 31-year-old accused by the United States of operating KickassTorrents (KAT), the web's most, songs, and video games — was arrested by authorities. Until last week, Vaulin had been held at with little contact to the outside world while the Polish government evaluated a US extradition request. Last Tuesday, two days before his release, The Verge sat down with Vaulin in his jail cell for a two-hour interview — the first since his arrest — to discuss his extradition fight and his life inside jail. The day before I arrived at Bialoleka, I attended a court hearing in Warsaw to decide on a request made by Vaulin's attorneys that, after 10 months, he be released on bail for medical reasons. Vaulin suffers from a spinal condition from well before his arrest, his lawyers say. Just like with his previous requests, the court turned him down.
But this past Thursday, the court unexpectedly reversed its decision. Vaulin was released on $108,000 bail, according to his lawyers, and his passport was confiscated Today Vaulin is out of jail, but unable to leave the country. He was released on $108,000 bail, according to his lawyers, and his passport was confiscated. An extradition process could take months. In the meantime, he is living in a rented Warsaw apartment with his wife and five-year-old son. Crooks and lovers zip number. 'We are pleased that the Polish Court allowed Artem Vaulin to be free on bail,' said Ira Rothken, the Silicon Valley-based lawyer representing Vaulin.
Rothken is perhaps best known for defending accused. 'This will allow Artem to care for his health, be with his family, and assist in his legal defense.' Founded in 2008, KickassTorrents became the go-to destination for torrenting movies after the Feds took down Dotcom's juggernaut of a file-hosting service in 2012. According to the against Vaulin, filed on July 8th, 2016 in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, 50 million people visited KAT each month, making it the 69th most-visited site in the world. Prosecutors said KAT distributed of copies of songs, films, and other media. They also said Vaulin pocketed tens of millions of dollars from ad revenue.
Vaulin’s story is unique because few website operators have gone to jail for as long as he has without being convicted. Fewer still are believed to have been sent to a place like Bialoleka. Vaulin recalled that not long after his arrest he needed to be taken to the hospital for back pain.
He was astonished to learn he would be escorted by four policemen wearing ski masks and armed with machine guns. During the ambulance ride, with the siren blaring and the lights flashing, Vaulin says one of his guards told him they had heard he was responsible for the murder of three people. 'No,' a spooked Vaulin told the guard. 'It's just about torrents.' Artem Vaulin and Olga Nikolayeva. Photo by Olga Nikolayeva.