Crypto Exchange E-Note seized for laundering $70 million in ransomeware funds

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced today a coordinated action with international partners and the Michigan State Police to disrupt and take down the online infrastructure used to operate E-Note, a cryptocurrency exchange that allegedly facilitated money laundering by transnational cyber-criminal organizations, including those targeting U.S. healthcare and critical infrastructure.

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Three Darknet Drug Dealers arrested in Hyderabad

Hyderabad police arrested three people, including a software employee and an event manager, for allegedly selling drugs sourced via the dark web. MDMA, LSD, hydroponic ganja, and cash were seized. A customer was also detained.

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Vendor Chinodrug Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Sell Oxycodone on the Darknet

United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Zhengchang Huang, aka “chinodrug,” Chihwei Lim, and Yang Yong, 34, a Chinese national who had been legally residing in Kent, Washington, was sentenced today to 180 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $1 million fine by United States District Judge Michael M. Baylson for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Judge Baylson …

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Dutch Prosecutors Demand a 3 year sentence against English Man for his role in Bohemia Market

Front Page of Bohemia Market The Public Prosecution Service (OM) has demanded a 3-year prison sentence and the confiscation of 31 bitcoins against a 21-year-old man from England before the Rotterdam court on Monday. The public prosecutor of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office sees the suspect as a major player behind what was once the world’s largest dark web market …

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How to translate over tor without Javascript: SimplyTranslate

Simplytranslate is a privacy friendly frontend to multiple Translation Engines. allowing users to translate through tor without Javascript using google translate, reverso and Iciba. It was created by metalune and fattalion and written in python. They later retired and handed it over to ManeraKai a well known contributor to open source projects such as a browser extension that configures your …

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Europol arrests 193 people in Crackdown on Violence As A Service (VAAS) networks

A six month operation has come to a close, arresting 193 individuals and disrupting the networks behind the growth of violence-as-a-service (VaaS). The organized crime groups that have been recruiting young people to carry out violent acts across Europe have become increasingly a priority target for law enforcement in recent years. What is now seen as a growing issue across …

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