Broker profile

Radaris

A US people-search and public-records aggregator founded in 2009 by Massachusetts brothers Dmitry "Dan" Lubarsky and Igor Lubarsky. A March 2024 Krebs on Security investigation tied the operators to a network of Russian-language dating services and affiliate programs, plus a California firm tied to a sanctioned Russian state-media conglomerate. The BBB rates it C (264 complaints in three years), and its investor-facing CEO "Gary Norden" was a fake pseudonym, confirmed as marketing fiction by Radaris's own attorney. It publishes street-level home addresses, relatives, and court records, and its opt-out is widely reported as ignored.

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Radaris overview

At a glance

Quick facts
Privacy Risk
LimitedModerateSubstantialExtensive
Data published
Extensive
Re-listing frequency
Aggressive
Complaint record
Pattern of complaints
Opt-out friction
Severe
Operator opacity
Hidden
Prior data incidents
None documented

Each broker is scored 1 to 4 across the six dimensions above; higher means more exposure, and the overall gauge is their average.

What each dimension means
  • Data published: how much and how sensitive the personal data they put out.
  • Re-listing frequency: how quickly you reappear after opting out.
  • Complaint record: volume and pattern of complaints across BBB, Trustpilot, and Sitejabber; no findable review presence counts against the broker.
  • Opt-out friction: how hard the removal process is to complete.
  • Operator opacity: how hidden the operating company and its principals are.
  • Prior data incidents: history of breaches or leaks of the data they hold.
Category

People search · public records

Founded

2009

Founders

Dmitry "Dan" & Igor Lubarsky

Founders' residences

Sherborn & Wellesley, MA

BBB address

Portland, OR

BBB rating

C

BBB complaints (3yr)

264

Notable

"Gary Norden" was a fake CEO pseudonym

FCRA covered?

No

Background

Background

Company history

Radaris was founded in 2009 by brothers Dmitry Lubarsky (goes by "Dan") and Igor Lubarsky, both Massachusetts residents who own homes in Sherborn and Wellesley. The site presents itself as a straightforward US people-search and public-records aggregator. The parts of the operator's history that are not straightforward came out in March 2024, when KrebsOnSecurity published a deep investigation ("A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris") tying the Lubarskys to a parallel network of Russian-language dating services, affiliate programs, and a California marketing firm with documented links to a Russian state-run media conglomerate that is currently sanctioned by the US government.

Operating entity

Radaris

Founded

2009

Founders

Dmitry & Igor Lubarsky

Founders' state

Massachusetts

Marketed CEO

"Gary Norden"

BBB file opened

Sep 13, 2023

The investor-facing CEO "Gary Norden" who appears in Radaris press releases and on the company's PitchBook profile is not a real person. The Lubarskys' attorney Valentin "Val" Gurvits of the Boston Law Group confirmed this in writing in April 2024, in the certified letter threatening Krebs with a defamation lawsuit: "Gary Norden was a pseudonym invented by Radaris's marketing division." Radaris had nonetheless quoted "Norden" in press releases seeking investor money - a use of a fictional executive that Krebs characterizes as potentially fraudulent.

Radaris's BBB profile lists a Portland, OR address (10260 SW Greenburg Rd Ste 400) that is not connected to the Lubarskys' actual Massachusetts residences. The Portland address is a registered-agent forwarder, not a real operational office.

BBB-documented opt-out failure pattern. The BBB explicitly notes that Radaris is being penalized in its rating for "consistently ignoring consumers seeking to have their information removed from Radaris's various online properties." If your opt-out stalls, that's a known pattern - escalate via the CCPA / state-AG path rather than waiting on Radaris's internal process.

Data Published

Data types

10 categories

Sensitive: elevated identity-theft, doxxing, or safety riskStandard public-record field

  • Full names, including aliases and prior names
  • Current and previous home addresses (street-level)Sensitive
  • Phone numbers (landline and mobile)
  • Email addresses
  • Approximate age and date of birthSensitive
  • Names of likely relatives, household members, and known associatesSensitive
  • Property ownership and tax-assessment data
  • Business affiliations and professional licenses
  • Social-media profile links
  • Court and criminal-record summaries (when matched in public records)Sensitive

Data sources: US public records (voter rolls, property, court), commercial data aggregators, and indexed social profiles. Records are not verified against the actual subject and may be stale, mismatched, or attributable to the wrong person.

Contact

Contacts & links

Radaris
Operating entity

Radaris (legal name on BBB filing)

BBB-listed address

10260 SW Greenburg Rd Ste 400 Portland, OR 97223

Founders' state

Massachusetts (Sherborn & Wellesley properties)

Customer service phone

+1 (855) 723-2747

Website

https://radaris.com/

Opt-out / removal page

radaris.com/control/privacy

BBB profile

Portland, OR · C rating · not accredited · 264 complaints / 3yr

Network

Sister brands

Russian-language portfolio

The Lubarskys's documented business portfolio (per the Krebs investigation) spans US people-search infrastructure alongside Russian-language consumer properties. Radaris does not publish a sister-brand list of its own.

  • Radaris.com - the US-facing flagship people-search brand
  • Multiple Russian-language dating services and affiliate programs documented by Krebs as operating from overlapping business addresses, hosting providers, and corporate-registration patterns
  • Connections to a California marketing firm with ties to a Russian state-run media conglomerate currently sanctioned by the US government

The specific sister-brand domains are documented in the Krebs investigation but are not republished here pending direct verification against the live properties. See the Krebs piece for the full chain of corporate connections.

One verified connection, from our own testing. The arrest-records broker NKReeGer runs its removal on Radaris's form markup verbatim, embedding a reCAPTCHA site key registered to radaris.com - shared infrastructure confirmed against the live properties, though no filing documents a corporate relationship. Its shells arrestfacts.com and councilon.com redirect there wholesale.

One removal covers Radaris only. NKReeGer's index is separate - its listings need its own removal flow - and the opt-out here covers this brand alone; check the contact section above for the request mechanism.

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Reputation

Trust signals

Mixed

Trustpilot sits at 3.0 ("Average") and Sitejabber at 2.4 - both with the same dominant complaint pattern the BBB cites in its rating rationale: the company ignoring opt-out requests. Reviews also flag standard people-search-category billing and data-quality issues.

Trustpilotradaris.com · multi-page review history3.0 / 5As of 2026-05View reviews ↗
Better Business BureauRadaris (Portland, OR) · not accredited · 264 complaints / 3yrC ratingAs of 2026-05View profile ↗
SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber)radaris.com · 278 reviews2.4 / 5As of 2026-05View reviews ↗

  • Opt-out requests submitted via the website are ignored or silently dropped

  • Information republished shortly after a successful removal

  • Inaccurate associations - wrong relatives, wrong addresses, wrong ages

  • No accessible customer service path for disputing data

  • BBB cites failure to respond to complaints in its rating rationale

Common complaint themes:

Litigation

Litigation history

Defamation threat (not filed)

Radaris has no major FTC, state-AG, or class-action history that we have been able to confirm against the company or the Lubarsky brothers. The most significant publicly-documented legal action is a 2024 defamation-suit threat against a journalist, which Radaris's own attorney walked into.

Defamation-suit threat against KrebsOnSecurity

No major litigation found

Apr 18, 2024 · Boston Law Group letter · No suit filed

Date of letter

Apr 18, 2024

Counsel

Valentin "Val" Gurvits, Boston Law Group

Demand

Retraction + apology

Outcome

No retraction. No suit filed.

Radaris's counsel demanded retraction of the March 2024 Krebs investigation. The letter admitted that the "Gary Norden" CEO referenced in Radaris press releases and investor materials was a pseudonym invented by Radaris's marketing division - confirming the Krebs finding that Radaris had been using a fictional executive in investor-facing communications. Krebs declined to retract; no actual defamation complaint has been filed in court as of this writing.

The BBB has formally cited the company's opt-out-ignoring pattern in its rating rationale - regulatory commentary, not litigation.

FAQ

Q & A

Common questions
Is Radaris a data broker?

Yes. Radaris is a US people-search and public-records aggregator founded in 2009 by Massachusetts brothers Dmitry (Dan) and Igor Lubarsky. It was the subject of a March 2024 KrebsOnSecurity investigation that traced the operators to a network of Russian-language dating services and a California marketing firm linked to a sanctioned Russian state-run media conglomerate.

Who owns Radaris?

Radaris was founded and is owned by Dmitry (Dan) Lubarsky and Igor Lubarsky, both Massachusetts residents in Sherborn and Wellesley. The investor-facing CEO Gary Norden referenced in Radaris press releases is a marketing-invented pseudonym, confirmed in writing by the Lubarskys' attorney Valentin Gurvits of the Boston Law Group in an April 2024 defamation-threat letter to Krebs.

What information does Radaris publish?

Radaris publishes full names and aliases, current and previous street-level home addresses, landline and mobile phone numbers, email addresses, approximate age and date of birth, likely relatives and associates, property ownership and tax-assessment data, business affiliations and professional licenses, social-media profile links, and court and criminal-record summaries when matched in public records.

Can I remove myself from Radaris?

Yes, but enforcement is weak. Radaris offers an opt-out at radaris.com/control/privacy. The BBB explicitly penalizes Radaris's rating for consistently ignoring consumers seeking removal of their information from Radaris's various properties. If your opt-out stalls, escalate via the CCPA or a state-AG path rather than waiting on the internal process. See our Radaris removal guide for step-by-step instructions.

How long does Radaris take to remove information?

Radaris does not publish a specific SLA. The BBB has formally cited the opt-out-ignoring pattern in its rating rationale, so real-world processing is unreliable. Plan to escalate via state privacy law if the request is not honored within a few weeks.

Is Radaris covered by FCRA?

No. Radaris is not a Consumer Reporting Agency under the FCRA. It is a people-search aggregator and its data is not FCRA-compliant for employment, tenant, credit, or insurance decisions. No major FTC, state-AG, or class-action history has been confirmed against the company or the Lubarsky brothers.

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Last updated:

May 21, 2026