Alleged Hydra Administrator Refuses to Provide Access to His Crypto Wallet, R...
A Moscow court has ordered the seizure of the crypto wallet of one of the alleged administrators of darknet market Hydra. Media reports reveal, however, that the man — who was arrested in Russia in mid-April — is refusing to share access to his presumed crypto stash with Russian law enforcement. Investigators Fail to Obtain Hydra Market Operator’s Cryptocurrency The Russian judiciary wants to confiscate what it believes to be a record amount of cryptocurrency from a drug dealer’s crypto wallet, the business daily Kommersant reported this week, quoting a post on....
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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....
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....
German authorities have seized a Bitcoin wallet containing 1,700 BTC, valued at approximately $60 million at the current price. However, the wallet owner refuses to cooperate in disclosing the password. The seizure came about after an investigation into covert crypto-malware installations over two years ago. The fraudster at the heart of the storm has since […]
Russian officials arrested on Friday the suspected co-founder of the world’s biggest darknet bazaar – Hydra – a week after German and US authorities shut down the platform. According to local media sources, the individual is identified as Dmitry Pavlov, the administrator of the recently shuttered darknet marketplace. Pavlov is being investigated in Russia for […]
Throughout a two-year prison term, the man repeatedly refused to give wallet access to German authorities.