Darknet Giant Darkmarket Shut Down, Alleged Operator Arrested
The authorities in seven countries and Europol have jointly taken down Darkmarket, one of the largest darknet marketplaces. The action was taken after the marketplace’s alleged operator was arrested in Germany. Authorities Shut Down Darkmarket Europol announced Tuesday that darknet marketplace Darkmarket has been taken down. The announcement details: Darkmarket, the world’s largest illegal marketplace on the dark web, has been taken offline in an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (the National Crime Agency), and....
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The “world’s largest” darknet marketplace, DarkMarket, was shut down by authorities. It reportedly facilitated 4,650 BTC in transactions. The post “World’s Largest” Darknet Marketplace Has Been Shut Down appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
The DarkMarket site was thought to be the world's largest illegal online marketplace.
A district court in Moscow has arrested a man whom local media reports identify as Dmitry Pavlov, alleged administrator of the recently shut down darknet market Hydra. Russian authorities believe he has been involved in drug-related crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Moscow Court Arrests Russian Believed to Be Hydra Administrator
Meshchansky District Court of Moscow has taken into custody a certain Dmitry Olegovich Pavlov accused of production, sale, and distribution of drugs under Russia’s Criminal Code, the “Moscow” City News Agency reported....
Furthermore, one of the four arrested individuals possessed Bitcoin at the time of the raid. According to sources, there was 340,000 EUR worth of Bitcoin in his wallet. German police officials have arrested four individuals suspected of selling drugs on the darknet. Keeping in mind how government officials and law enforcement agencies are cracking down on deep web users all over the country, this news is not entirely surprising. All four arrested individuals were active on a German darknet forum. Buying and selling drugs is illegal, and the darknet is no exception to this rule. Then again,....
U.S. law enforcement arrested the alleged operator of Bitcoin Fog, Roman Sterlingov in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Documents show Sterlingov is accused of laundering over 1.2 million bitcoin via the Bitcoin Fog mixer, a tool that allows users to mix transactions together. According to federal investigators, Sterlingov ran the operation for ten years and processed $336 million in BTC transactions. US Government Charges Alleged Bitcoin Fog Kingpin With Money Laundering The U.S. government has charged and arrested a Russian and Swedish citizen Roman Sterlingov with money laundering using a....