German Counterfeit Documents Vendor Busted

The fake identity documents made by the suspect
The Cologne public prosecutor announced that the suspect was arrested following months of investigations that revealed he was involved in the production and sale of "very high-quality" counterfeit documents through an undisclosed dark web marketplace.
The federal police in Halle launched investigations into the 36-year-old's counterfeiting operation in December 2022. The investigation revealed that the suspect was producing and selling fake German identity cards and driving and boat licenses.
The price of each document allegedly ranged between 350 and 1,000 euros. The quality of the counterfeit increased with the price. The high-quality ones were reportedly so good that they were hardly detected.
During the investigations, the investigators linked the suspect to the sale of 19 counterfeit documents. They, however, suspect he sold a significantly higher number of the documents in that period.
On September 5, 2023, the investigators executed search warrants at three apartments associated with the 36-year-old. The searches led to the discovery of a fully equipped counterfeit documents printing shop and the seizure of equipment such as a laser engraving machine, a vacuum press, and printers.
The investigators also found and seized storage devices and several smartphones and computers. An undisclosed number of fake documents were found and seized. The suspect was arrested at the end of the searches.
On September 13, the investigators executed search warrants at the residences of four men suspected of having ordered counterfeit documents from the 36-year-old.
Comments (15)
Lice2023-09-179cf496c0
How did the initial investigation start on him? It doesn't show much about how they caught him.
Pandapopper2023-10-2199f1ad68
Yeah I wish the post included some more tynical info on the investigation
Jst_M/2023-09-18894a5c94
they surely caught some of his mail but they let it slde to start investigating, must be somthg like that
rootcode2023-10-171e9d18d4
go ahmia and search hacking service.....here you can find many scammes..but you will make sure verified user by their rivews........
rootcode2023-10-1780a5315c
he shouldn,t deserve prison.....he deserve to work for cyber security by govt agenttt
Mueller2023-11-0815fd6732
This was not in the dark web, but a clearnet site. There is a *CM* in the upper left corner, this depicts "CrimeMarket". If you add an ".is" to that name, you can visit this highly illegal website with a plethora of vendors and items yourselves... ;-)
DeineMudda2023-09-16c54ecea0
Violated the 1st rule: Don't get caught!