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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Fraudster Forfeited 1,700 Bitcoin but Not the Password…
HomePostsFraudster Forfeited 1,700 Bitcoin but Not the Password...Fraudster Forfeited 1,700 Bitcoin but Not the Password...A fraudster is refusing to give police the decryption key to his Bitcoin wallet worth...
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...
FBI: Wisconsin Woman Tried to Hire a Hitman on the Darkweb
A Wisconsin woman used a murder-for-hire site on the darkweb to have someone killed, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.On February 8, 2021, Kelly Harper, 37, was charged...
Prolific DarkMarket Vendor Arrested in Germany
German law enforcement agencies announced the arrest of a high-profile DarkMarket vendor.The Koblenz Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of a successful vendor on DarkMarket, a darkweb marketplace the...
