The investigation by the National Criminal Investigation Service of the National Unit into DutchMasters began in August 2019 and falls under the authority of the National Prosecutor’s Office. The police came across DutchMasters through the WallStreet Market...
For their involvement in a large-scale cannabis and other drug trafficking activity, four Northampton men were sentenced to a combined total of more than 34 years in prison. Vladislavs Cvirkovics, 28, Filip Hmelnicenko, 31, Denis Potapenko, 28, and Edgars Pirants, 32,...
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...
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 Department of Justice announced that Michael R. Weigand, a/k/a “Shabang,” a/k/a “~Shabang~,” a/k/a “~s,” a/k/a “s,” pled guilty today to making false statements to federal agents about his involvement in, and his work for, the “Silk Road” online illicit black...
A coalition of law enforcement agencies around the world today announced the results of a joint operation known as DisrupTor that targeted illegal goods suppliers and buyers on the darknet. This activity follows the collapse of the Wall Street Market, then the second...
