Artem Vaulin, the alleged founder of the very popular torrent website, KickassTorrents, is considering handing himself over to the US government voluntarily if the latter agrees to certain conditions.
The alleged owner of KickassTorrents, Artem Vaulin, is currently fighting an extradition request in Poland. Vaulin is now considering voluntary surrender to the United States according to paperwork submitted to an Illinois District Court. Vaulin has appealed to an earlier court decision to extradite him.
Earlier this week, Vaulin’s defence said:
It’s unclear what the conditions for Vaulin’s surrender. In a case against Kim Dotcom, the defendant tried to negotiate similar conditions but could not secure the agreement with the US government. With the US being quite close to having their hands on the KickassTorrents founder, it may not offer conditions to him either.
The US will be pleased if it manages to get its hands on Vaulin because KickassTorrents was one of the biggest providers of torrent files to the public. As of August 2015, the site recorded 1 million visitors per day.
Source: TorrentFreak
