Operator of the darknet search site DeepDotWeb confessed to money laundering – Bits Media

The owner of the site Deepdotweb, used to search for Darknet sites and reported news about them, found himself guilty of laundering money using cryptocurrencies.

According to the US Department of Justice, Postuity (Tal prihar) posted advertisements for various Darknet sites and published news about them. For the placement of advertising and clicks of users by ads, Prikhar received approximately 8 155 BTC. He laundered the received funds using various cryptocurrency wallets and a network of dummies.

Prikhara was arrested in 2019 year, Then the FBI closed the site Deepdotweb. Now he threatens to 20 Years of prison, and the court decision must be made 2 August. The accused agreed to pay $8 414 173 - So much was worth bitcoins at the time of Prochar receipt. At the same time, it is unknown, how many coins are left on the wallets of the site operator. At the current course 8 155 BTC would cost almost $500 million.

According to Chainalysis, More than half of the illegally obtained cryptocurrencies are laundered after only five services, In this case, only 270 unique deposit addresses.