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Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2021

DeepDotWeb admin pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy

One of the administrators for the DeepDotWeb dark web portal pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks from the operators of the marketplaces. One of the administrators for the DeepDotWeb dark web portal, Tal Prihar (37), pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks from the operators of the marketplaces for the sale of illegals products. Tal Prihar is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2021

Ryuk ransomware operations already made over $150M

The Ryuk ransomware had a disruptive impact on multiple industries around the world, operators already earned more than $150 million. The Ryuk ransomware gang is one of the most prolific criminal operations that caused destruction in multiple industries around the world. According to a joint report published by security firms Advanced-intel and HYAS, Ryuk operators […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2020

Russian Alexander Vinnik sentenced in Paris to five years in prison for money laundering

Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik was sentenced in Paris to five years in prison for money laundering and ordered to pay 100,000 euros in fines. Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik was sentenced in Paris to five years in prison for money laundering and ordered to pay 100,000 euros in fines. The man went on trial in Paris for having […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2020

Alexander Vinnik, the popular cyber criminal goes on trial in Paris

The Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik goes on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135 million euros using ransomware. The Russian man Alexander Vinnik goes on trial in Paris for having defrauded nearly 200 victims across the world of 135M euros using ransomware. Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2020

QQAAZZ crime gang charged for laundering money stolen by malware gangs

Multiple members of QQAAZZ multinational cybercriminal gang were charged for providing money-laundering services to high-profile malware operations. 20 members of the multinational cybercriminal group QQAAZZ were charged this week in the US, Portugal, Spain, and the UK for providing money-laundering services. The arrests are the result of an unprecedented international law enforcement operation, coordinated by […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020

Ukraine police and Binance dismantled a cyber gang behind $42M money laundering

Ukrainian authorities arrested the members of a cybercrime gang who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges involved in money laundering. Police in Ukraine announced the arrest of the members of a cybercrime gang composed of three individuals who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges used in money laundering activities. According to the Ukrainian officials, the cryptocurrency exchanges allowed crooks […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2020

New Zealand freezes assets of Russian cyber criminal Alexander Vinnik

New Zealand police had frozen NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in assets linked to a Russian cyber criminal. New Zealand police announced that they had frozen NZ$140 million (US$90 million) in assets linked to the Russian nation Alexander Vinnik. Alexander Vinnik is currently in France to face a charge of money laundering for organised crime using […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2020

A New York man was charged with stealing credit card data via SQL Injection attacks

The US DoJ announced that a New York City man was charged with hacking, credit card trafficking, and money laundering conspiracies. New York City man Vitalii Antonenko (28) was charged with hacking, credit card trafficking, and money laundering conspiracies, states the US DoJ. The man was arrested in March 2019 and detained after his arrival […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2019

Police seized Bestmixer, the mixing service washed at least $200 million in a year

European law enforcement seized and shut down Bestmixer.io for reportedly laundering over $200 million in cryptocurrency. This week the Europol has dealt another blow to cybercrime, the European police along with the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), and Luxembourg authorities shut down Bestmixer.io, on one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency mixing services. A […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2018

Europol identified 1504 money mules under EMMA 4 operation

Europol announced the arrest of 168 people under the European Money Mule Action ‘EMMA 4′, a massive operation that resulted in the identification of 1,504 money mules. Europol announced that 168 people have been arrested under the ‘EMMA 4’, an international operation conducted by law enforcement. EMMA 4 lasted from September to November 2018. Law enforcement in […]