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NY bitcoin money laundering couple 'from the pages of a spy novel'
A New York couple dubbed ' Bonnie and Crypto Clyde' arrested on charges of laundering $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin led an existence 'pulled from the pages of a spy novel,' prosecutors have said.Ilya '' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, are being held in custody following their Tuesday arrest, and will appear before a court in Washington on Monday.Federal law enforcement officials said they have recovered roughly $3.6 billon in cryptocurrency - the Justice Department's largest ever financial seizure - linked to the hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange based in , whose systems were breached…
by artbey7216
NY bitcoin money laundering couple 'from the pages of a spy novel'
A New York couple dubbed ' Bonnie and Crypto Clyde' arrested on charges of laundering $4.5 billion in stolen Bitcoin led an existence 'pulled from the pages of a spy novel,' prosecutors have said.Ilya '' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, are being held in custody following their Tuesday arrest, and will appear before a court in Washington on Monday.Federal law enforcement officials said they have recovered roughly $3.6 billon in cryptocurrency - the Justice Department's largest ever financial seizure - linked to the hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange based in , whose systems were breached…
by artbey7216
Crypto money laundering rises 30% in 2021 -Chainalysis
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up 30% from 2020, dark market onion web darknet market urls according to a report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis released on Wednesday. Overall, cybercriminals have laundered more than $33 billion worth of crypto since 2017, Chainalysis estimated, with most of the total over time moving to centralized exchanges. The firm said the sharp rise in money laundering activity in 2021 was not surprising, given the significant growth of both legitimate and illegal crypto activity last year. Money laundering refers to that process…
by cathernhartsock
Crypto money laundering rises 30% in 2021 -Chainalysis
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies last year, up 30% from 2020, dark market onion web darknet market urls according to a report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis released on Wednesday. Overall, cybercriminals have laundered more than $33 billion worth of crypto since 2017, Chainalysis estimated, with most of the total over time moving to centralized exchanges. The firm said the sharp rise in money laundering activity in 2021 was not surprising, given the significant growth of both legitimate and illegal crypto activity last year. Money laundering refers to that process…
by cathernhartsock
The largest dark web market for illegal goods is no more
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> Two of the three largest dark web markets are closed for business. The Department of Justice and Europol announced Thursday that they have that served hundreds of thousands of customers trying to get their hands on illegal goods online. While you or I can easily buy groceries, electronics and clothes online, when it comes to finding drugs, weapons and stolen identities, things can get a little more complicated. Merchants of contraband hide out on the dark web, . There, buyers and sellers are anonymous, and so is the currency, with most transactions happening through bitcoin. AlphaBay…
by brodie6014
Bitcoin proves double-edged sword for criminals
US authorities have said they were able to access the 'private key' to the hackers' bitcoin account of ransomware hackers Darkside Regulators have repeatedly criticised the growth of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin because of their popularity with criminals but the technology's transparent transactions can also work against law breakers. The lesson is one that has been learnt by cybercriminal hackers Darkside the hard way after the organisation extracted a $4.4 million ransom from oil company Colonial Pipeline in bitcoin. Following the ransomware extortion, which forced the shutdown of a major fuel network in the eastern United States last month, the…
by jacob8662863
'Crocodile of Wall Street' and husband are arrested in Bitcoin scheme
A married couple has been arrested and charged with laundering billions in stolen during the 2016 Bitfinex hack, as the Justice Department announced its largest financial seizure ever. Ilya 'Dutch' Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife, darknet market magazine Heather Rhiannon Morgan, 31, who raps under the name Razzlekhan, were arrested on Tuesday in Manhattan on federal charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States.Federal law enforcement officials said they recovered roughly $3.6 billon in cryptocurrency linked to the hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange whose systems were breached nearly six years ago. Lichtenstein and Morgan…
by laynejack825
Bitcoin proves double-edged sword for criminals
US authorities have said they were able to access the 'private key' to the hackers' bitcoin account of ransomware hackers Darkside Regulators have repeatedly criticised the growth of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin because of their popularity with criminals but the technology's transparent transactions can also work against law breakers. The lesson is one that has been learnt by cybercriminal hackers Darkside the hard way after the organisation extracted a $4.4 million ransom from oil company Colonial Pipeline in bitcoin. Following the ransomware extortion, which forced the shutdown of a major fuel network in the eastern United States last month, the…
by brodie6014
First Silk Road. Now AlphaBay. What’s next for the dark web?
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> A government shutdown of dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa has merchants and consumers looking for a new home. Authorities , the largest online marketplace for illegal goods, on July 4, and took down Hansa, the third largest, on Thursday. The sites, where people could buy drugs, guns and child pornography, had flourished since 2014, when a predecessor, Silk Road, was shut down. Fueled by Tor browsers and cryptocurrencies that offer anonymity, AlphaBay, Hansa and other sites avoided much government detection, allowing in the wake of Silk Road's demise. AlphaBay replaced as the biggest, growing to be…
by brodie6014
First Silk Road. Now AlphaBay. What’s next for the dark web?
id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body" data-component="trackCWV"> A government shutdown of dark web marketplaces AlphaBay and Hansa has merchants and consumers looking for a new home. Authorities , the largest online marketplace for illegal goods, on July 4, and took down Hansa, the third largest, on Thursday. The sites, where people could buy drugs, guns and child pornography, had flourished since 2014, when a predecessor, Silk Road, was shut down. Fueled by Tor browsers and cryptocurrencies that offer anonymity, AlphaBay, Hansa and other sites avoided much government detection, allowing in the wake of Silk Road's demise. AlphaBay replaced as the biggest, growing to be…
by brodie6014