Germany Auctions Bitcoin Seized From Darknet: Bargain Hunters Flock to Buy Ch...
German authorities are auctioning bitcoin seized from the darknet in cybercrime cases. The auction website reportedly experienced high traffic to bitcoin listings, with 4,000 new registered users over the past few days. German Government Auctioning Seized Bitcoin The Justice Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s largest state by population, announced Monday an auction of bitcoin seized from criminal cases. Justiz Auktion, the auction website for the ministry, experienced high traffic to the bitcoin listings Monday after the prosecutors began listing the....
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A major darknet marketplace, Sipulimarket, has been shut down and its assets, including bitcoin, were seized by Finnish Customs, in cooperation with Europol and the Polish police. Darknet Marketplace Shut Down, Bitcoin Seized Europol and Finnish Customs (Tulli) announced last week that they “have shut down the Sipulimarket dark web marketplace and seized all its content.” The operation was in close cooperation with the Polish Provincial Police Headquarters in Wroclaw (Komenda Wojewódzka Policji we Wroclawiu), Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and....
Crypto continues to be a controversial asset when it comes to the law and crime. Just this fiscal year alone, the IRS has seized $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency. The U.S. government started seizing crypto assets during the Silk Road shutdown of 2013. And so far since, there has been crypto seized from individuals every year. Often the public is not privy to what happens to seized assets. Once seized, the government has the discretion to dispose or store these assets the way it deems the best. A good amount has been seized by the IRS alone over the years. Assets whose worth run into....
Law enforcement agencies in Germany have targeted Hydra, a leading darknet market (DNM). As part of an operation conducted with U.S. support, the German police were able to establish control over the servers of the Russian-language platform in the country and take down its website.
Investigators Hit Hydra in Germany, Confiscate Millions in Crypto
Hydra Market, one of the largest marketplaces on the darknet, has been shut down by German authorities which seized its server infrastructure. According to an announcement by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), law enforcement....
According to various reports the largest online marketplace located on the deep web, Alphabay, was seized by International law enforcement. The Biggest Darknet Market on the Deep Web Has Been Shut Down By International Authorities. On July 11 Bitcoin.com reported on the Alphabay darknet marketplace going offline for over a week. In that report, we....
This week an Indian-Narcotics Control Bureau officer has been charged with stealing bitcoins from a darknet investigation. Drug Enforcement Officer From India Accused of Stealing Bitcoins. Over the past few years, law enforcement in India has been investigating darknet marketplace usage within the country. There have been multiple reports of the....