The Ohio man is charged with running a Bitcoin mixer to launder over $300m—now worth $3.6b—on behalf of Dark Net crooks trying to hide out.
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Prison smuggler busted by his own drone camera
It turns out that drones advertised off the back of beautiful aerial shots also take great videos of murky drug dens.
Secret Service agent pleads guilty to stealing Silk Road bitcoins
If you can’t trust law enforcement, who can you trust? Shaun Bridges, formerly part of the Baltimore Silk Road task force, has become the second agent to plead guilty to serious charges associated with his time investigating the shady online drug market.
Dark Web market Agora suspends operations due to Tor vulnerability
The temporary move is meant to forestall potential attacks that could expose server IP addresses.
Online seller of fake Viagra and abortion pills escapes jail time
An online seller of counterfeit drugs in the UK has been given a 1-year prison term that was suspended for 2 years.
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht gets life without parole
Ross Ulbricht, founder of hidden online marketplace Silk Road, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Feds subpoena Reddit for personal info of dark web forum members
The subpoena demands information on five users of the Darknet Markets subreddit, all of whom discussed the recent fall of Evolution, a mega-mart for drugs.
Federal agents charged over alleged Silk Road Bitcoin theft
Two federal agents have been charged with stealing digital currency during the FBI’s take-down of the Silk Road marketplace.
Top Silk Road drug dealer sentenced to 5 years
Steven Sadler, a major drug dealer operating through the Silk Road underground market has been sentenced to five years in jail for his crimes.
Dark Web’s ‘Evolution’ market vanishes along with $12 million
The owners of the drugs/guns/malware market ‘Evolution’ have vanished with about $12 million in Bitcoin. 