DeepDotWeb Site Has Been Seized
DeepDotWeb operator sentenced to eight years behind bars
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The operator of the DeepDotWeb platform has been sentenced to just over eight years in prison. This week, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said that Tal Prihar's sentence, 97 months, was based on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering, of which Prihar pleaded guilty to in March last year.
Owned by Prihar and co-defendant Michael Phan, DeepDotWeb (DDW) started operating in 2013 and provided a platform for Dark Web news and links to marketplaces, redirecting visitors to their .onion addresses -- websites which are not available through standard search engines in the clear web.
The website was seized by law enforcement in 2019, Prihar and Phan received 8,155 in Bitcoin (BTC) -- worth roughly $8.4 million at the time they were paid
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