Texas Drug Ring Sentenced for Laundering $50K Monthly in Cryptocurrency
Six members of a Texas-based drug ring have been sentenced for their roles in a dark web drug operation, which laundered up to $50,000 per month in cryptocurrency. The group,…
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Woman Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison After Failed Bitcoin Murder-for-Hire Plot
A woman has been sentenced to over eight years in prison after her murder-for-hire plot using bitcoin fell apart. Melody Sasser attempted to use the dark web to hire a…
Seattle Airport Hit by $6M Bitcoin Ransom Demand After Cyberattack
Hackers have targeted Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with a ransomware attack, demanding 100 bitcoins to buy the data back. Although the airport managed to fend off most of the damage, the…
Woman Sentenced to Prison for Bitcoin-Funded Dark Web Murder Plot
A Utah woman, Krista Renae Stone, 23, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for attempting to orchestrate a murder-for-hire using the dark web, the U.S. Department of Justice…
Queens Woman Indicted for Hiring Hitman With Cryptocurrency on Dark Web
A Queens woman, Yue Zhou, has been indicted on charges of murder for hire, following an investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York. Zhou allegedly used a dark…
Federal Agents Crack Down on Drug Ring Using Crypto Mixers
Holly Danielle Adams, 34, from California, has pleaded guilty to charges of drug distribution conspiracy and money laundering via cryptocurrency mixers. This case stems from an investigation by the Northern…
US Charges Empire Market Operators in $430M Dark Web Scheme — They Face Maximum Sentence of Life in Prison
The U.S. Homeland Security Investigations has charged two men for operating Empire Market, a dark web marketplace, facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions. The defendants face severe penalties, including life…
Woman Pleads Guilty to Using Bitcoin for Dark Web Hitman
In Salt Lake City, Krista Renae Stone, 23, pleaded guilty to using the dark web to arrange a murder-for-hire in 2023. According to court documents, Stone utilized bitcoin to pay…
US Jury Convicts Two in $8M Crypto-Linked Dark Web Drug Scheme
A federal jury in Salt Lake City convicted Oluwole Adegboruwa and Enrique Isong, foreign nationals, of multiple drug-related charges. From 2016 to 2019, they generated over $8 million in cryptocurrency,…
100K ChatGPT logins have been leaked on dark web, cybersecurity firm warns
The compromised accounts could give bad actors confidential information about companies and individuals.