US authorities have entered 145 areas and an unconfelted quantity of cryptocurrency linked to Bidencash, a dark web market accused of trafficking of millions of stolen credit and personal data.
The action, announced on June 5 by the American prosecutor’s office for the Virginia Oriental District, followed an operation authorized by the court targeting the infrastructure and financial flows of the platform. The seized areas are now redirected to a server controlled by the police.
Bidencash, launched in March 2022, reached more than 117,000 users and facilitated the sale of more than 15 million stolen payment card numbers and other personally identifiable information. The platform generated more than $ 17 million in revenues during its operation, according to US officials.
The Dark Web Marketplace has also sold compromise connection identification information for unauthorized computer access. Between October 2022 and February 2023, he published 3.3 million records of stolen credit cards for free, a tactic used to promote his services among cybercriminals and attract new users.
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The United States won the approval of the court to seize the crypto
The United States has also obtained authorization from the courts to seize the cryptocurrency funds linked to the illegal activities of Bidencash, although the officials did not disclose the amount of the recovered crypto.
The case was managed by the Frankfurt Service resident office of the American secret services, the agency cyber investigation section and the FBI albuquerque field office. The survey is part of a wider American effort to target compatible criminal networks by crypto operating on the Dark web.
Bidenash’s entry adds to an increasing list of application measurements. In May, Operation Raptor dismantled several drug trafficking platforms on the dark web, which led to 270 arrests in 10 countries and the seizure of $ 200 million in assets, including large quantities of cryptocurrency.
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US Crypto Sanctions related to Nemeis Darknet
In March, the US authorities sanctioned the operator of online nemesis now disappeared online, which was used to facilitate the sale of drugs, false identification documents, professional hacking resources and a variety of other illicit services for cybercriminals.
The sanctioned property included 44 Bitcoin addresses (BTC) and five Monero addresses (XMR), which, between July 2022 and March 2024, received more than $ 850,000.
In 2024, the Darknet markets generated more than $ 1.7 billion in revenues, a slight increase compared to the previous year, according to the Cryptographic Crime Report of Blockchain, the TRM Labs intelligence company.
The report noted that the Darknet markets in the Russian language continued to dominate the ecosystem, mainly due to the “low driving risk” of the Russian authorities “.
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