Three men have admitted running the Alphabay vendor account where they sold fentanyl and dozens of fentanyl analogues. Investigators have traced their drugs back to six overdoses.
Alphabay Fentanyl Dealer “UKBargins” Confesses
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Dread, the Darknet Discussion Forum, has Relaunched
After somewhat of a rocky exit involving an allegedly shady admin taking bribes from Olympus market, HugBunter has finally brought back the darknet market discussion platform called Dread. It’s Reddit, but better. And for darknet market users.
Dutch Police Seized a Bulletproof Hosting Company
Dutch police confiscated ten servers from the bulletproof hosting company known as MaxiDed along with a file-sharing service associated with companies in the Netherlands as part of a a long-term investigation in collaboration with Thai police. The owner of the two companies, a 29-year-old man from Moldavia, was arrested in Thailand at a holiday resort in the province of Chumphon, south of Bangkok.
He is suspected of co-perpetrating the spread of child pornography, facilitating cybercrime and money laundering.
Alphabay Vendor EtiKing Sentenced to Life in Prison
EtiKing, an Alphabay vendor known for selling Etizolam, received a life sentence in late April for distributing a fentanyl analogue that resulted in the fatal overdose of at least one customer. EtiKing aka Jeremy Achey will serve a life sentence in a federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of controlled substances.
What is Multisig and how it works
What is Multisig and how it works:
Multisig
Multisignature allows the creation of 2-of-3 escrow services. For example: when Buyer wants to pay the Vendor, buyer sends a transaction to a multisignature address, which requires at least two signatures from the group “Buyer, Vendor and Admin” to redeem the money. If Buyer and Vendor disagree on who should get the money (Buyer wants a refund, whilst Vendor believes he fulfilled his obligations and demands the payment), they can appeal to Admin.
Timeline of Chloe Ayling's Abduction by Darkweb Human Trafficking Group
After six days of imprisonment, a 20-year-old British model managed to talk her way to freedom. After the model, Chloe Ayling, arrived in Milan for a photoshoot, two men kidnapped her and held her hostage at a secure location.