United States v. Yucel

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CASTEL, District Judge.

Defendant Alex Yücel moves to dismiss Count II of the Superseding Indictment (the “SI Indictment,” Dkt. No. 9) on the grounds that the statute under which he is charged, 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(5)(A), is void for vagueness as applied to him.1 For the following reasons, the motion is denied. BACKGROUND

Yücel is alleged to be one of the founders of an organization that distributed malicious software (“malware”) under the brand name “Blackshades.”' (Pastore Aff. ¶ 17.) The malware included a remote access tool (“RAT”), which enabled users “to remotely…