The FBI Seizes $34 Million In Crypto From A Guy Who Sold Personal Information Of Internet Users!

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida recovered almost $34 million in cryptocurrency tied to unlawful Dark Web activity. The FBI used an online alias to identify a South Florida resident who made millions by selling "over 100,000 sales of illicit items and hacked online account information" on some of the world's largest Dark Web markets. The individual profited by selling stolen online account details for famous online businesses such as HBO, Netflix, and Uber, among others, after getting access to the Dark Web. The forfeiture case is the result of Operation TORnado, a joint investigation that arose from the ongoing activities of the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The primary goal of the OCDETF programme is to identify, disrupt, and destroy high-level drug traffickers, money launderers, and other priority transnational criminal organizations. In Germany, investigators confiscated 543 Bitcoins valued around 23 million euros.