A New York couple dubbed ' Bonnie and Crypto Clyde' arrested on charges of laundering $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin led an existence 'pulled from the pages of a spy novel,' prosecutors have said.Ilya '' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, are being held in custody following their Tuesday arrest, and dark market will appear before a court in Washington on … [Read more...]
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Judge rejects plea deal for darknet child porn purveyor
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - A federal judge rejected a plea agreement on Wednesday that called for 15 to 21 years in prison for a man authorities described as the world´s largest purveyor of child pornography. Eric Eoin Marques is entitled to withdraw his guilty plea from last year if the judge departs from the sentencing range prosecutors and defense attorneys recommended. But … [Read more...]
Europol says illegal marketplace "DarkMarket" taken offline
THE HAGUE, Jan 12 (Reuters) - An online marketplace called "DarkMarket" that sold illegal drugs has been taken down in an operation led by German law enforcement agencies, European police agency Europol said on Tuesday. The darknet market had almost 500,000 users with 2,400 sellers, Europol said in a statement.Transactions conducted on it in cryptocurrency were worth more than … [Read more...]
German investigators shut down big darknet marketplace
BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors said Tuesday that they have taken down what they believe was the biggest illegal marketplace on the best darknet markets and dark market list arrested its suspected operator. The site, known as DarkMarket, was shut down on Monday, prosecutors in the southwestern city of Koblenz said.All sorts of drugs, forged money, stolen or forged credit … [Read more...]
German police take down one of the world's biggest child porn sites
German police have taken down one of the world's largest child porn sites with over 400,000 members and arrested four people accused of running it.The site, dark market url known as BOYSTOWN and accessible only via the so-called Darkweb, had existed since July 2019 and was used for the worldwide exchange of child porn.Investigators spent months probing the site and those … [Read more...]