On November 16, 2022, U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York of the Department of Justice unsealed the indictment for two Russian nationals: Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova, who had been arrested in Argentina on November 3, 2022.[34] They were charged with criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering for operating the Z-Library website.[35][36][37] The indictment pertains to alleged criminal activity taking place from 2018 to 2022, though the pair are suspected to have operated Z-Library for "over a decade".[38] Based on details laid out in the criminal complaint, the arrests were accomplished by the FBI with data from Google and Amazon (among other sites), accessed with search warrants, that helped identify the founders of the website.[39] The U.S. lawyers retained as official representatives[40] requested a dismissal of the criminal indictment in June 2023.[41]