Undercover copâs splurge on Aussie identities An AFP officer spent six months undercover snapping up Aussie ids on the Dark Web where driversâ licences sell for as little as $2.
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Subscriber only An undercover cop using a fake identity and bitcoin currency bought hundreds of passports, drivers licences and a raft of other personal identity documents of unsuspecting Australians. The Australian Federal Police officer spent six months with an online disguise trawling the web negotiating with shady operators offering a smorgasbord of real and forged identity documents. For just $US2,125.85 paid in bitcoin, the officer obtained the passports and licences, as well as Medicare cards, an electricity bill, a personal loan application and a credit card application package.
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Flashpoint s researchers say the Ferum and Trump s Dumps marketplaces are also attempting to build their clientele after the apparent demise of Joker s Stash.
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