Tagged: dark web

Police Officer Accused of Selling French Intelligence for Bitcoin on Darknet

A police officer working for a French intelligence agency tasked with maintaining national security inside France has been arrested and detained for allegedly selling state secrets for Bitcoin on the Darknet, Le Parisien reports. The officer was reportedly working as part of “a sensitive division”… Read More

Current Bitcoin Demand is 90% Driven by Speculation, Not Illegal Acts, DEA Agent Says

An overwhelming majority of bitcoin transactions are taking place between speculators, says Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Agent Lilita Infante. Infante told Bloomberg recently that in the five years since she began doing forensics on Bitcoin’s immutable ledger, the ratio of illegal activity she detects being… Read More

Accused Silk Road Second in Command Extradited to US

Yet another computer-savant smart enough to have allegedly managed a vast Dark Web marketplace yet not quite smart enough to avoid countries with extradition treaties with the US is on his way there to face charges of conspiracy to traffic drugs and launder money. According… Read More

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