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...
Bryan Connor Herrell, 26, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced today by Judge Dale A. Drozd of the United States District Court to 11 years in jail, U.S. Lawyer McGregor W. Scott for the California Eastern District and Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt...
One of the oldest general rule to survive your darknet activities is to avoid certain things: One would be trying to hire a person to murder someone. Another would be to not try to purchase bomb building materials. The reason is that in almost every case the...
An Orange County man has confessed up to $25 million in fraud through a network of unlicensed Bitcoin ATMs and personal exchanges. The defendant, Kais Mohammad, knew many of his clients were using his Bitcoin exchange network to launder the proceeds of the crime. Kais...
