The Latest: News from the Underworld
Firebomb Plotters Sentenced to Combined Over 23 Years in Prison
Today, for their respective positions in a conspiracy to use explosives for firebombing and kill a rival pharmacy, a Maryland Darknet seller and a Nebraska pharmacist were sentenced to a combined prison term of over 23 years. According to court records, the...
New England man serves 5 years for reselling Fentanyl
U.S. Attorney Scott W. Murray reported this week that Rochester's James M. Nesbitt was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on Friday for engaging in a plot to manufacture methamphetamine and fentanyl and possessing weapons in support of a drug trafficking crime....
Six Germans under Investigation for Drug-Trafficking
The Cybercrime Central and Contact Office (ZAC NRW) at the Cologne Public Prosecutor's Office is conducting preliminary proceedings against six German defendants aged between 25 and 56 years on charges of illegal trafficking in narcotics in significant quantities and...
Tramadol Trader Sentenced to 135 Months
A Georgian man was sentenced to 135 months in jail for buying and selling dark-web Tapentadol. On the dark web, court records showed, he sold Tramadol, Tapentadol, and Etizolam. Bobby L. Christine, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, said that Sheldon...
German citizen charged after resisting arrest for darknet drug trades
An indictment issued by the Baden-Baden public prosecutor's office in September lists 32 criminal offences for which a 26-year-old German citizen now is charged. The starting point of the investigations were findings made by the public prosecutor's office in Münster...
Traded weapons in Darknet: Charge against Swiss Ex-Police Officer
An ex-manager of the Swiss police force has to answer to the court. As the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (BA) announced on Thursday, it is bringing charges against a 57-year-old Swiss man who worked for the Swiss cantonal police force as head of...
U.S. Files A Civil Action To Forfeit Cryptocurrency Valued At Over One Billion U.S. Dollars
The United States filed a civil complaint today to forfeit thousands of Bitcoins, valued at over $1 billion dollars, seized by law enforcement on November 3, 2020, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson of the Northern District of California and Special...
38-year-old German out on bail for Buying Cocaine and Heroin
An alleged parcel carrier had handed the 28-year-old the package ordered online with 40 grams of heroin and five grams of purest cocaine. However, the alleged parcel carrier immediately identified himself as a detective, who arrested the defendant for drug possession...
Austrian Citizen Arrested Selling Amphetamines on the Darknet
In the course of extensive investigations, led by the criminal service of the police inspection Gallneukirchen, a drug seller, as well as its consumers from the area Engerwitzdorf/Gallneukirchen/Alberndorf/Linz could be investigated and brought to the announcement....
German Authorities Shut Down Telegram Based Drug Trading Circle
The Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor General's Office - Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) - and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) as well as other law enforcement agencies took over and seized a total of nine chat groups in the "Telegram"...