Dark web drug market ‘Wallstreet Market’ seized by German police
It’s hard out there for administrators of illegal dark web markets trying to steal their users’
Barely a week after Wallstreet Market — one of the largest remaining illegal online marketplaces in the vein of the
In other words, the accused allegedly weren’t content to simply take a commission off the sale of drugs and stolen data, but they straight up decided to steal all their customers’ cryptocurrency held in escrow for good measure.
A visit to the site, accessible via Tor, on May 3 shows a seizure notice from police.
An accompanying
“As part of a search of the homes of the suspects were cash amounts of over €550,000, as well as cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and MONERO in 6-digit amount, several high-quality motor vehicles and numerous other evidence, especially computers and data carriers, ensured.”
The release notes that the servers were confiscated on May 2.
While the German Bundeskriminalamt, the country’s federal police, appear to have led the takedown, authorities across the pond got in on the action as well.
“In the US, during the investigation by the Los Angeles Procuratorate, two of the highest volume suppliers of narcotics in the illegal online marketplace ‘WALL STREET MARKET ‘ were identified and arrested,” the press release (translated via Google Translate) explains. “While searching the homes of US suspects, a variety of illegal weapons and millions of dollars in cash can be found and secured in addition to drugs.”
The US Justice Department’s
The takedown of Wallstreet Market is another incident in a now-familiar pattern of dark-web markets. Just like with
If the past is any indication, expect to see a repeat of this entire mess with an entirely new marketplace n the near future. And the next time your favorite dark-web market starts experiencing “
Published at Thu, 18 Jul 2019 01:26:54 +0000
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