Start-up corner: Sell drugs on the dark web in exchange for Bitcoin, young men 'peel off calendar' for 10 years

An American man has come up with a rather 'unique' new business idea, which is selling drugs on the dark web in exchange for Bitcoin. However, recently deployed this interesting enrichment project not long ago, the author was immediately arrested and in danger of facing a sentence of up to 10 years in prison with trafficking offenses and Illegal possession of narcotics.

Yes, this 'businessman' is the man named Tyler Reeves, nicknamed Platinum45, who lives in California. Tyler Reeves specializes in selling banned drugs and drugs in the dark web market. His behavior has been in the sights of the security agency for a long time. As a result, Tyler Reeves was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday by Judge Judge James V. Selna after a trial in federal court.

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Facing the evidence given by the investigating agency, Reeves had to bow to acknowledge the distribution of methamphetamines and money laundering. Thus, in addition to imprisonment, this man will also have to pay a fine of up to $ 15,000.

According to the indictment, on September 20, 2018, the California state law enforcement agency enforced a search warrant at the defendant's residence. At his place, Tyler Reeves not only harbored a range of banned substances on the government's tight list of controls, such as methamphetamines (also known as stone drug familiarity) and painkillers. oxycodone, which also owns 13 unregistered military rifles, along with 14 silencers, has not been licensed by the government. Thus, in addition to illegal possession and trafficking acts, Tyler Reeves also guilty of illegally possessing military weapons.

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Drug trafficking on dark web is a problem

'The defendant bought each individual part of these guns online on installation, and produced silencers that were not licensed. In addition to drugs and guns, the defendant also possesses more computing devices, Trezor hard wallets (used to store electronic money), and unknown types of gold, cash and cash, 'the agency representative said. Check for more.

According to police observations, Tyler Reeves started trading illegal drugs from mid-2017 to September 2018, and his familiar 'practice' address was a big dark web (currently not survived) named Wall Street Market. This black website has recently been forced to shut down for investigation according to Europol's request and the German police investigation agency with allegations of support for illegal trafficking in drugs and weapons in the United States. States and Germany.

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Reportedly, Wall Street Market is the second largest dark web market in the world. The Europol side confirmed that there are more than 1.15 million users and 5,400 people illegally trafficking drugs, malware as well as other illegal documents on this extremely popular black web exchange.

As one of the top five traders on Wall Street Market, Tyler Reeves traded nearly 300 deals last week. Unfortunately for this guy, the police were quick to keep an eye on him. Secret law enforcement agents have already done four transactions with Tyler Reeves' Platinum45 account, especially a transaction in which Reeves has transferred about 56 grams of rock drugs in exchange for $ 2,230. It is electronic money, and it is this deal that is evidence of his conviction.

Tyler Reeves was not the first to take prison terms with the illegal trafficking of drugs on the dark web, and certainly not the last. For years, police and cyber-security agencies around the world have struggled to cope with the strong growth and loss of control of many black web markets - a huge number of sites. anonymous transactions that cannot be accessed via the Tor network.

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Dealing with the strong development of the black web market is not simple

Currently, the most effective tactic that is often implemented by law enforcement agencies is to gather evidence and urgently arrest those who run the black web market. In some cases, the police even secretly performed many attacks to take control of the platforms, then keep them functioning normally to gather detailed information about the deals. unauthorized to reinforce evidence and at the same time not miss out on any related subjects.