OP 13 December, 2024 - 04:42 PM
In the Romanian segment of the darknet, they found a site whose creators offered services for organizing and executing contract killings. In fact, it was about ordinary scammers, but British journalist Carl Miller, with the help of ethical hacker Chris Monteiro, still contributed to its closure.
This story happened back in 2020. Then Miller stumbled upon a resource that promoted contract killing services. The highlight was that not a single crime was ever committed, except for the actions of the scammers themselves: they accepted an advance payment in cryptocurrency, but they were not going to kill anyone.
The journalist asked Monteiro to investigate the site, and he really managed to find a vulnerability in the code and gain access to all the stuffing. Among other things, he obtained lists of potential victims and information about them, including names, photos, addresses, habits, and even standard routes.
The cheapest order on the site cost £100. It was posted by a British saleswoman who wanted to get rid of her colleague, who competed with her for the attention of a man. One of the most expensive was an attempt to eliminate a person made by a doctor from the United States - he paid more than 50 thousand dollars. On average, the cost of a check for a murder ranged from $10,000 to $40,000.
In total, Miller and Monteiro took 175 cases to the police, but at first they did not believe them. The case got off the ground only after the intervention of agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With their assistance, 32 people were arrested, who were later convicted.
source : https://www.foxnews.com/us/romanian-scam...-assassins
This story happened back in 2020. Then Miller stumbled upon a resource that promoted contract killing services. The highlight was that not a single crime was ever committed, except for the actions of the scammers themselves: they accepted an advance payment in cryptocurrency, but they were not going to kill anyone.
The journalist asked Monteiro to investigate the site, and he really managed to find a vulnerability in the code and gain access to all the stuffing. Among other things, he obtained lists of potential victims and information about them, including names, photos, addresses, habits, and even standard routes.
The cheapest order on the site cost £100. It was posted by a British saleswoman who wanted to get rid of her colleague, who competed with her for the attention of a man. One of the most expensive was an attempt to eliminate a person made by a doctor from the United States - he paid more than 50 thousand dollars. On average, the cost of a check for a murder ranged from $10,000 to $40,000.
In total, Miller and Monteiro took 175 cases to the police, but at first they did not believe them. The case got off the ground only after the intervention of agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With their assistance, 32 people were arrested, who were later convicted.
source : https://www.foxnews.com/us/romanian-scam...-assassins