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DeepDotWeb dark web admin pleads guilty to gun, drug purchase kickbacks

DeepDotWeb Administrator Admits Darknet Conspiracy - Infosecurity Magazine

DeepDotWeb Administrator Admits Darknet Conspiracy A website owner who received millions of dollars in kickbacks for connecting internet users to Darknet marketplaces has pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiracy to commit money laundering.  Thirty-seven-year-old Brazil resident Tal Prihar owned and operated DeepDotWeb along with his co-defendant and fellow Israeli national, 34-year-old Michael Phan.  Established in 2013, the site not only provided general information about the Darknet, but also featured links to specific sites where users could buy illegal firearms, malware, stolen financial data, illicit drugs, and other contraband. Every time a user clicked on one of the links, which cannot be found via regular search engines, Prihar and Phan received a payment. In total, hosting the links illegally earned the pair approximately $8.4m, according to court documents.

DeepDotWeb Admin Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges

DeepDotWeb Admin Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges DeepDotWeb (DDW), a news website that served as a gateway to numerous dark web marketplaces. According to the unsealed court documents, Tal Prihar, 37, an Israeli citizen residing in Brazil, operated DDW alongside Michael Phan, 34, of Israel, starting October 2013, in return for which they received kickbacks from the operators of the marketplaces in the form of virtual currency amounting to 8,155 bitcoins (worth $8.4 million at the time of the transactions). In an attempt to conceal the illicit payments, Prihar is said to have transferred the money to other bitcoin accounts and to bank accounts under his control in the name of shell companies.

Administrator of Dark Web Portal Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

DeepDotWeb Portal Administrator Pleads Guilty

DeepDotWeb Portal Administrator Pleads Guilty @prajeetspeaks) • April 1, 2021     The shuttered DeepDotWeb portal An Israeli citizen who served as the administrator of the now-shuttered DeepDotWeb portal that connected internet users with darknet marketplaces has pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy charge, according to the U.S. Justice Department. DeepDotWeb helped its users’ to find sites where they could purchase illegal firearms, malware and hacking tools, stolen financial data, heroin and fentanyl, and other contraband, prosecutors say. Tal Prihar, 37, who resided in Brazil, owned and operated the portal along with co-defendant Michael Phan, 34, of Israel, who took care of the day-to-day operations.