Federal Government Subpoenas Reddit for DarknetMarket User Info
Following the Evolution exit scam, a Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS/ICE) agent has sent an administrative subpoena to Reddit demanding information on five regular users of /r/darknetmarkets. The users whose information is being sequestered are: EVOSMITH. NSWGREAT. Z-L. GWERN. DEEPTHROAT. Gwern Branwen Part of the Investigation. One of these users, Gwern, is actually the writer and researcher Gwern Branwen, a well-known asset to the darknet market scene who was instrumental in the identifying of Thomas Jiřikovský and Eva Bartošová, the Czech....
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