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FBI Seizes Popular Dark Market Search Site DeepDotWeb for Money Laundering
The FBI has seized DeepDotWeb, a comparison search system and news site for dark web markets, for alleged money laundering.
The FBI has seized DeepDotWeb, a comparison search system and news site about dark web markets, accusing the outfit of money laundering.
Police in five countries arrested the alleged operators – including two Israelis and moderators in France, Germany, and the Netherlands – in a sweeping international raid disclosed Tuesday and took down the .com and .onion sites, replacing them with notices of seizure.
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The site rose in prominence after larger dark web sites like Silk Road fell to government crackdowns. DeepDotWeb offered a number of services including cryptocurrency news related to privacy and dark web selling. The site also listed dark web markets for buying and selling cryptocurrency.
reports that police arrested the alleged administrator of the site in Brazil.
It's unclear what the suspects are charged with at this time aside from 18 U.S.C. § 1956, a U.S. anti-money-laundering statute that could carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
https://twitter.com/SupraBo_/status/1125791038205984768
The site was up until May 7 at 5:28 UTC and abruptly shut down as police closed in on the site operators.
The seizure follows the recent arrest of two German nationals who ran Wall Street Markets, which despite the name dealt in illicit goods rather than stocks and bonds.
Image via seized website.
John Biggs
John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times. He runs the Technotopia podcast about a better future.
He has written five books including the best book on blogging, Bloggers Boot Camp, and a book about the most expensive timepiece ever made, Marie Antoinette’s Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
