Digital intelligence must overcome challenges to solving crypto crimes
While the value of cryptocurrencies has varied wildly in the last year, this has not diminished crypto’s attractiveness to criminals. Many of them are moving their illegal activities underground...
Alleged $366M Bitcoin mixer busted after analysis of 10 years of blockchain data
U.S. authorities have arrested the alleged mastermind behind a multi-million darknet-based BTC mixing service, Bitcoin Fog, after analyzing 10 years of blockchain data.Authorities have issued a chilling warning to...
SEC issues first ever charges over phoney ‘insider information’ on darknet
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against California resident James Roland Jones in the first-ever enforcement action from the commission to target securities fraud on the...
Australian Man Sentenced for Selling Ecstasy on the Darkweb
An Australian man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to distributing MDMA on the darkweb.Paul Rodgerson, 42, of Melbourne, Victoria, was sentenced in Victoria’s County Court for his...
Brave Browser Leaked DNS Queries for Onion Services
Brave, a browser that allows users to access onion services, had a bug that sent queries for onion addresses to public DNS resolvers.Brave is a browser that advertises itself...
Australian Border Force Seizes Meth Inside a Stuffed Llama
An Australian man was charged in the Perth Magistrate’s Court for attempting to import methamphetamine hidden in a children’s toy.After delivering the package, a man at the recipient’s address...
Crypto criminals got away with $5B less in 2020 as scam revenue falls
Revenue from crypto-related crime dropped by more than half in 2020 according to Chainalysis’ annual report on the subject.Cybercriminals netted around $5 billion less than the $10 billion plus...
New Change to German Postal Law Targets Internet Drug Trade
The German government passed a draft law that requires employees of private postal services to report packages of drugs to law enforcement.The Bundestag greenlit a draft law that would...
Dream Market Vendor “Rackjaw2” Sentenced to Prison
A 52-year-old from Everett, Washington, was sentenced to four years in prison for selling methamphetamine and heroin on the darkweb.U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran announced that a U.S. District...
Feds Traced Bitcoin Transactions to a Drug Dealer’s Apartment
Federal investigators identified a darkweb opioid dealer by linking Bitcoin transactions to the dealer’s home I.P. address.Daren James Reid, 35, of Fort Lauderdale, used darkweb markets to distribute oxycodone,...
