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...
After participating in and being convicted of the most serious crime in the Controlled Substance Act, Aaron Michael Shamo, the CEO of a national dark net drug distribution enterprise that distributed more than half a million counterfeit pills across the country, will...
A Florida resident was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote to 210 months in prison for distributing an assortment of illegal substances on various darknet market sites, inclusing Alphabay and Dream Market. From November 2015 to March 2019, Richard Castro,...
The outcome of a joint inquiry by a 33-year old American was a court in Melbourne charging him with importing methamphetamine and selling cocaine. The man was detained by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers at his Ringwood residence yesterday (25 September...
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...
