The Latest: News from the Underworld
Darknet Vendor "TheQueensHive" Pleads Guilty
Gilberto Melgarejo (aka "THEQUEENSHIVE") pleaded guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to conspiracy to distribute and possess illegal drugs with intent to distribute them over the "dark web." Co-defendant Brooke Gray pleaded guilty to the same charge on Aug. 10,...
Two French Men Arrested for Darknet Cannabis Trade
Following an anonymous tip, provided in August 2020, two Montpellier residents aged 42 were arrested and placed in custody last week for cannabis trafficking, as part of an investigation conducted by the unit fighting against drugs and the underground economy of the...
Counterfeit Xanax Darknet Vendor sentenced to Prison
A Florida man will spend the next 36 months in prison for manufacturing counterfeit Xanax pills and distributing them over the Internet. Benjamin Burdick, 55, of Inverness, Florida, was jailed for distributing hundreds of thousands of counterfeit Xanax pills over the...
Australian Police seizes $8.5 Million in Cryptocurrency
Victoria Police have seized nearly $8.5 million in cryptocurrency as part of an ongoing investigation into online drug trafficking. Yesterday, investigators from the Criminal Proceeds Squad seized $8.498 million worth of cryptocurrencies at the current exchange rate,...
Australian Man Jailed for Importing Methamphetamine
Authorities in Western Australia have charged a 62-year-old man after discovering around five kilogrammes of methamphetamine disguised in a box from the United States. On 4 August 2021, Australian Border Force agents in Perth allegedly discovered the illegal...
Darknet Pharmacy Dealer "Pillpusher" to spend 20 years in Prison
Under the alias "Pillpusher," a Georgia man pled guilty to peddling a wide range of prescription medicines on the darkweb. Cullen Roberts, 23, of Duluth, Georgia, admitted to selling prescription pharmaceuticals to consumers across the United States using the...
French Student to spend six years in jail for Ecstasy Darknet Trade
Olivier Abtout, a 27-year-old Angers resident, was sentenced to six years in jail by the Angers Criminal Court for supplying ecstasy and Ecstacy (MDMA) on the darkweb. Abtout was detained for the first time in February 2019 while trying to recover a box of drugs he...
Former French Police officer sent to jail for selling doxing information on the darknet
In Nanterre, the "Haurus" case smells of money; in Marseille, it also smells of gunpowder. Christophe Boutry, former Franch police officer, was indicted in October 2020 by an investigating judge of the specialized interregional court of Marseille for participation in...
Important Reminder: All v2 onion domains will expire in two months
This is a reminder to all our readers that onion service v2 will be deactivated by Tor on October 15th. This means that all v2 onion addresses will be invalid after this deadline. Consequently every Tor user should be making sure that he is using v3 onion addresses...
US-Student gets prison sentence for reselling darknet drugs
A University of Chester student was sentenced to prison after purchasing drugs on the dark web and selling them locally. Gayan Aponsu, a 22-year-old University of Chester student, was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to two counts of importing class A and...