Worlds Dumbest Darknet Admin Gets Busted

[@mrnice4434]

Scamming some junkies will get you hated but scamming some dealer and even worst ratting on them and have your picture out there is a good way to win the death lottery

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

He's from ROC and I know damn well those Triads like to strap 2x4 right behind kneecaps and forcing them down into them, causing knees to explode out. I've seen them do it. If he ever gets time out and is in a wheelchair, this is probably exactly why.

[@23Butanedione]

Thank God

[@Molon_Labe1776]

*Boeing liked this comment*

[@perryzheng8372]

@@Molon_Labe1776 bro they comin for you after you said that 💀💀💀💀

[@josedorsaith5261]

​@@perryzheng8372 He doesn't need to worry. They can't fly out to get him 😂

[@ViaScientifica]

“How to fix my darkweb server where I facilitate the distribution of illicit substances” 🤕

[@LennyMiller739]

sudo rm -rf

[@mikeoxhard3826]

@@LennyMiller739woulda saved him lol

[@rj7250a]

Forgot "--no-preserve-root /" bro

[@uvuvwevwevweossaswithglasses]

Lmao ​@@LennyMiller739

[@그냥사람-e9f]

sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/{sd*,nvme*}

[@Victor-fq6lz]

There is a LinkedIn post about how he taught police officers about "Cybercrime and Cryptocurrency Training Success at Saint Lucia Police Academy". He talked specifically about tracing crypto on the dark web.

[@AndroidFerret]

That's ... Something

[@ainzooalgown9952]

bro thought he was getting himself an alibi but instead only made it easier to connect him to dark web, a monumental 20 IQ move

[@mr.awesomesauce8412]

Bro thought he was Gustavo Fring

[@HasturBeta]

This is what happens when people who don't think like a criminal are put in charge of criminal things

[@HasturBeta]

@@mr.awesomesauce8412 When really he was Walt Jr

[@googletjanster2917]

If dude gets out he’s smoked faster than a soggy glowing Backwood on the NYC subway

[@pedrogorilla483]

He can always apply for asylum in Sweden with a new protected identity 😉

[@DUKEisALIVE]

Yeah because there is nobody inside that does bad things to other people

[@cannack]

@@pedrogorilla483 as long as he runs deep into the skogen w/o any devices, otherwise someone will (at least try to) find him, people will do mad things for even mediocre amounts of money.

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Yeah right lol. Most people are weirdos who can’t meet dealers in real life . Nobody’s killing him

[@johnstamos5948]

@@DUKEisALIVEthe other prisoners moneys weren't messed with silly boy

[@Gulpy3]

"He then used his gmail account to create an account on shroomery forums so that he could advertise" ... I never thought I could physically groan and laugh at the same time.

[@Leeengold]

That wasn't him but an old case

[@HappyGick]

To be fair it took the feds quite a while to connect that forum account to him. It was more of a hunch that happened to be right.

[@johnnygotti1568]

@@HappyGick I call bullshit on them and think they got an anonymous tip that they wanted to be really anonymous, and then subpoena'd drug forums for accounts with that email

[@HappyGick]

@@johnnygotti1568 the drug forums in question were darknet forums. They had to browse quite a bit and do a lot of hacking to weakly connect the email (they started with a username) to Ross. I don't think they got any anonymous tips because Ross had practically zero enemies except the feds. He even had a corrupt fed in his "team".

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@johnnygotti1568 Yeah, that is why you always use a burner email or phone to send tips, unless you're prepared to get a visit from the glowies.

[@isbestlizard]

Darknet admins are STILL running on servers without full disk encryption? What a bunch of maroons.

[@torphedo6286]

true!

[@eldornellthompson5736]

woah woah. whats wrong with maroons?

[@idrathernot_2]

​@@eldornellthompson5736 I think he meant to say macaroons

[@JuicerNation]

@@idrathernot_2 man... i love macaroons

[@person-yq8di]

@@cy728 they shut it down to image it

[@AKAK-rh7lr]

He looks like a textbook picture of someone enrolling in CS

[@TheLukasDirector]

Also known as "Chinese".

[@assmonkey9202]

@@TheLukasDirector💀💀💀

[@billg7205]

Computer Stupidity

[@billg7205]

@@TheLukasDirector Smarter than the Indians. They only know the Windows key + R

[@lafondawilliams]

Asian 😂

[@JazzJackrabbit]

Guy is lucky the Feds got to him first. The gangs would have had a different approach!

[@AverageAlien]

Feds are a gang

[@resignator]

Thank goodness he is going to prison where there are no gangs or dangerous people.

[@Hero-oz9gx]

​@@resignatorhe will def go into protection

[@seth5143]

Gang members are too blunted 24/7 to even figure out how to use TOR, assuming they even have access to a PC in the first place. Gangs are a bunch of smelly losers with third grade educations incapable of even forming a single thought. Cartels are a different story.

[@KARANPATADIYA7117]

😂

[@SR-ti6jj]

JS dev behavior

[@tomgee8211]

Good album, On your profile picture

[@von...]

me.read(this.OPComment); console.log(me.feelings.currentlyHurt); - true

[@computeroid6162]

​@@von...- "1"

[@kristoffer8609]

This is what happens when you aren't strongly typed.

[@bingus5488]

the best part is where he's searching up things like "how to do random array" or "true false random js" hahahaha

[@neighbor472]

The cartel was threatening incognito admins and their families in the dread thread, this guy is in so much danger

[@TRACYSPAM3]

How long was this ago?

[@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013]

Oh wow, poor family, they don't deserve it

[@TRACYSPAM3]

@@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013 hi

[@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013]

​@@TRACYSPAM3 Hello from United States Penitentiary, Tucson!

[@InMoneroWeTrust]

@@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013 R u really Ross?

[@LoresGate]

Imagine fumbling $100M playing games like that🤦‍♂️

[@bblwarrantydepartment981]

Once a simp always a simp

[@captaincommando9839]

​@@bblwarrantydepartment981 No simpathy.

[@DimbleWally]

He was only up around 5 mil since he took a commission of 5%. But yeah, what a fucking loser.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Dunning-Kruger effect at full... Effect.

[@onerevenant1211]

90% of gamblers do not stop after winning it big

[@ScottPlude]

it's so bad that it almost feels like he wanted to force his early "retirement".

[@pinkerdroit]

Getting this vibe as well..

[@electron6825]

Elaborate sewer slide?

[@raylopez99]

Like a "cide by cop" IRL?

[@engineeredtruths8935]

Cowboyitis - Tony soprano

[@AK-cr5pe]

Kinda doubt getting caught was intentional. Judging by his twitter the kid thought he was outsmarting everyone.

[@delicious_seabass]

That kid must be shitting his pants non-stop.

[@TiberianFiend]

He definitely will be when he's forced to wear a diaper after his cellmate is done with him.

[@spirit389]

@@TiberianFiendhe’s gonna be housed in the resort for hackers and cyber criminals sadly

[@hyoenmadan]

You can bet he will not be... Specially if he has some juicy info and cooperates with the feds. He already scammed at the DWeb anyways, what more he can lose if he cooperates?

[@drunkentrain]

@@spirit389 Yeah, but the nerd that can lift 100lbs body boxes everyone to remain king.

[@YaySyu]

​@@spirit389You do not understand. This guy screwed over TONS of cartel types. He blackmailed them!!! There isn't a safe place on this planet anymore for this guy.

[@yourdogisbeautiful5845]

This is a certified, dark net classic!

[@TheNoobMaster_66]

Bro thinks he's Gus Fring 💀

[@MentalOutlaw]

lmfao this!

[@oz_jones]

But in actuality he's just Walt Jr.

[@GabStLaurent]

@@oz_jones *Jesse

[@theanarchonazbolinquisition]

@@GabStLaurentnaaah, Jesse was cool, Man

[@thahrimdon]

@atlas5653this made me choke on my rice LMAO

[@Mr850man]

He is lucky the feds found him first

[@LTPottenger]

It won't matter

[@jaygio]

@@LTPottenger of course it matters. I love all the zoomers in these comments that dont know anything about legal issues, court cases, or the feds. This kid will be charged for the sake of the NY FEDS, then will be recruited with an exceptional side agreement because of his age/talent/skill. He will be fine.

[@LTPottenger]

@@jaygio I'm in my mid 50s with IQ in 150s. Always amazes me the assumptions people make. It won't matter, he is a goner and feds can't and won't protect him.

[@whohan779]

'Lucky' is a strange synonym for 'alive' indeed. But I'm all for it.

[@hlk.2timez200]

@@jaygiopretty much he’s a internet dweeb. Jesus you online drug lords need to actually be on a block or something 😂

[@НиколайЦветанов-д8л]

Bro got Uno reversed

[@Top_Weeb]

le reddit XD

[@davidl.4690]

Gonna get uno-reversed gender in jail

[@willo7734]

That’s one of the most comical things I’ve ever heard…. FBI takes down his server and in 30 min he’s Googling “how do i troubleshot server”

[@ajd0101]

idk maybe he isn't even behind the real site and they're just playing games with admins etc, either way you can't hide. unless you can access those that new gps technology from what i read lol

[@Simcitywok]

For those who don’t understand this guy’s mindset: A man jumped off a skyscraper. As he plummeted towards the ground his friend opened a window and yelled “OMGGG are you ok?!” As the man flew past he calmly replied, “It’s fine- so far so good”

[@gothixxx12]

This is brilliant thank you. This explains it very well. It's like don't worry I haven't been arrested yet but I think there's a road block up ahead I'll be fine. 🤡

[@Idklmao90999]

@@gothixxx12it’s funny how many of you guys confuse lack of intellect with disinhibition. “Dumb criminal got caught, stupid man” when in reality it’s deeper than that, but seldom understand.

[@YoshikoJanai]

No way, he used Bitcoin and not at least Monero on his illegal marketplace? These admins really embody the saying "Smart enough to get themselves into trouble, but not smart enough to get themselves out of it"

[@Hawkent]

Not that I would know, but a friend of mine says the market used both BTC and XMR.

[@YoshikoJanai]

@@Hawkent i hope your friend used XMR 💀

[@rj7250a]

He swapped btc to xmr using a swap service, then 20 minutes later he deposited the EXACT same amount (minus tx fees) in a exchange. One stupid OPSEC mistake chained to each other

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

​@@rj7250a pretty stupid but XMR hides transactions, so it might be ok, just barely, if the swap service was safe so nobody could see the amount

[@gothixxx12]

Typical criminal logic. Think they won't get caught.

[@arw000]

My man needed the 10 crack commandments

[@CCherriosful]

Even that couldn’t save him

[@thingsiplay]

Quote from an underrated indi film, you probably never heard of: > "It seems that you've been living...two lives. In one life, you're Thomas A. Anderson, program writer for a respectable software company. You have a Social Security number, you pay your taxes, and... you help your landlady carry out her garbage. The other life is lived in computers, where you go by the hacker alias Neo, and are guilty of virtually every computer crime we have a law for. One of these lives has a future, and one of them does not. I'm going to be as forthcoming as I can be, Mr. Anderson."

[@jackMeought-fr8vl]

Was it Titanic

[@electron6825]

​@@jackMeought-fr8vlClose. Pirates of the Caribbean

[@nothing.mp3]

My favorite part of incognito market is when Lin said "it's incognitoing time!" and then incognitoed all over those guys

[@GustavoPinho89]

The Mumbaix, by The Madhavski Systems (2019)

[@electron6825]

My comment got deleted by the algorithm when all it had was a movie title wtf 😂

[@darkguardian1314]

He will rot in prison until one day a Goverment agent shows up... "I'm putting together a team..."

[@AwesomeAdmirak]

Do you really want the guy who has to google "js random true false" on your team? He maintains many public Typescript libraries but can't remember `Math.random() < 0.5` (if my programming searches were leaked I would probably look just as stupid)

[@bom-rx8lp]

idk man this is not 2006 anymore

[@beskamir5977]

His IQ's too low even for a government agent.

[@pvcvalley]

i dont get it

[@acolyte8564]

You sonofabitch, hes in!

[@zone619]

Here's another one, He works in the Substitute Military Service for the Taiwanese government and has previously lectured on cyber crimes at the police academy.

[@ppstorm_]

This isn't true, crazy that kids will believe anything they read on reddit

[@zone619]

Have look into Wikipedia page in Chinese you will find the source in English.

[@Sniperdude0121]

I think it shows the incompetence of these agencies with how blatant this guy was and yet they still didn't know who he was. Maybe they did.

[@MentalOutlaw]

All the more reason why I think someone else some details and sent it to the feds as an anonymous tip

[@w花b]

Once again, they're too busy hiring web developers to make new "This domain has been seized" page designs.

[@torphedo6286]

@@w花b :sob: why would they need webdevs they just put up a JPEG

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

They're playing the waiting game. They don't want a jury to throw out a case based on lack of evidence, it's easier to save it all to an increasing larger file to use at the point of no return.

[@mmediocahyt1170]

@@MentalOutlawHugBunter was considering doxxing him

[@Max1234567A]

This guy imo is actually a great asset for the feds, he threatened to expose everyone already and now he’s got nothing to lose. He’ll glow like Frank Abagnale from “Catch me if you can” - my prediction!

[@PenguinCrayon269]

he is taiwanese tho

[@Max1234567A]

@@PenguinCrayon269 The spice melange production is influenced by the US right now, so…

[@arratikli7497]

he isn't going to be like abagnale, he'll be like 6ix9ine if anything

[@CCherriosful]

He’s still going to prison, there’s no way around that

[@arratikli7497]

@@CCherriosful yep. he probably wont lose any time via snitching, the feds already have every bit of info he could have offered (he'll still probably try, just that he isn't going to get any mercy in return). he isn't going to end up like abagnale where the feds recruit him or anything, the feds have no reason to recruit him.

[@padraiglogue3568]

These aren't typical opsec mistakes. 1. How did they find his server IP in the first place to execute the warrant? Was it leaked somehow with an exploit or maybe the feds scan servers for evidence of Darknet server instances, is this revealed? 2. Didn't he wash his funds through BTC -> Monero -> BTC or a mixer before buying the namecheap domain? How did they trace that back to him?

[@somethingelse9228]

timestamps, there were no delays in BTC --> Monaro --> BTC --> Crypto Exchange

[@sid6645]

I mean googling things like "oh my server crashed" right as the feds take down his server is sure to put him on lists. Then the evidence mounted as they looked into him more and more. I mean ffs his search queries exactly lined up with website changes over FIVE times. There is no other explanation other than him being the admin at that point lmao

[@padraiglogue3568]

@@sid6645 Plenty of people troubleshoot server issues all the time, those searches etc were the nail in the coffin for convincing a jury it was him responsible but something led them to him in the first place. Plenty of people are also sending 1 BTC at all hours of the day every day so I doubt that was what led the feds to him in the first place also

[@destructoidepic2685]

​@@sid6645Yeah, but the point is how did he even become a target of investigation for the feds to subpoena his Google searches for that evidence to come up in the first place. I kinda agree with the OP, we are not getting the full picture

[@padraiglogue3568]

@@somethingelse9228 Surely lots of people are sending 1 BTC to exchanges all the time

[@aky19832001]

Life in prison? ! People do worse violent crimes and get only a few years

[@JimmyMatis-h9y]

maybe it's because those ppl that did worse crimes weren't competing with the ÇÌÀ's cash cow (illicit drugs) 🤷

[@tren-y2m]

USA does not like people who sell drugs, even though they're the no 1 narcotics consumers in the world

[@Electric0eye]

Only real comment here. Dude was selling shit that definitely killed people so my sympathy is limited to say the least even if he's practically a kid, but this wasn't about justice and never was. People wanking themselves over this story in the comment section are showing their whole ass.

[@sebastienarseneault2602]

It’s to send a message, they dont play around with online drugs. If you are making profit, they want a cut of the action.

[@spok_real]

"get random in array js" its over bro we're cooked

[@dlg2038]

He's gonna get a real wake-up call when he realizes he's gonna be spending the rest of his life with real gangsters

[@gr0wnup5]

Bro got caught during Layover in US 😅

[@llll3816]

Was it a layover? I thought he'd been lured by the feds from Taipei.

[@TheAechBomb]

​@@llll3816he was on a flight that had a layover in NYC, he might've been lured onto that flight

[@blindmown]

If I was playing the sort of games these guys were playing, I'd self-restrict myself from traveling to about 95% of the world's countries. Once you're a big enough criminal the majority of the world becomes a PVP zone no matter how careful you think you've been.

[@PrestusHood]

​@@blindmownor just avoid airports, there is so many ways to travel the world without going through draconic airport customs

[@blindmown]

@@PrestusHood sure that's possible but even just being in certain countries is a major risk with facial recognition being what it is. If I was in their boots I'd be living in a country with no extradition and a flexible approach to law enforcement and I'd be bunkering down in a mountain range somewhere 100s of miles from the nearest city. When you're at that level most people accept they'll eventually get caught I feel, but that's only because they want to live a certain type of lifestyle. If you acknowledge the risks for what they are and mitigate them your life may not be quite as comfortable or familiar but thems the breaks. Just like any criminal enterprise I guess you have to sacrifice a normal life in exchange for the increased earning potential, and you may as well make it as risk free as you can.

[@paulsaulpaul]

I wonder how many feds he scammed and extorted. I'm sure more than a few use these sites for work and/or personal. Surely their friends and family do at some point. He's probably going to wind up out of breath alone in his cell while the security guards were taking a nap once they recover their money.

[@jackwilson5542]

Maybe CIA. It is not a conspiracy theory that they used drug trade as a source of black money in the past. Would it be a stretch to assume they never stopped? Maybe if that guy didn't exit scam they would let him walk. Who knows...

[@ripyears]

I highly doubt they use it for personal but maybe for work they get scammed. Do you know how sober you have to be to get a U.S. Security clearance? Phase One is a follicle test, phase two is a follicle, at least twice a year.

[@Shaggii_]

@MentalOutlaw you should make a video about the recently publicly released University of Maryland’s report on Apple’s WPS disclosing location of BSSIDs on a global scale. Starlink is looped into this as well but allegedly in the process of rolling out a patch to randomize BSSIDs, while Apple quietly changed their privacy policy with an opt-out option for BSSID mapping.

[@agoniaXdunya]

Wait.. what!?

[@xc.b3075]

👀

[@HieronymousLex]

Sounded slightly schizo to me but I looked it up and you speak no lies sir, that’s really interesting

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Jesse, we need to cook...

[@user-qy2wf2lt6v]

That is not really a new thing.

[@ValleyMansonOfficial]

Exit scammers? Arrested. Hotel? Trivago

[@theperceivingeye3388]

Club fed

[@JB-uk7mn]

Fed desk

[@wnathanielw]

overused joke

[@lionelemilio4141]

unvago dosvagos trivago

[@al3xw4ng]

😂😂😂

[@moncef2466]

How he's at minimum aware of Monero and furthermore, describes himself as "Monero enthusiast", yet falls victim to a simple bitcoin transaction tracing, that isn't mixed through Monero or mixers, is beyond me..but i'm glad he did!

[@kidnamedfinger.productions]

Bro is gonna be the main character in the cartel e***ution video.

[@drunkentrain]

Yeah, but not before they trick him into believing that they'll let him go once he teaches the cartel how to use a computer.

[@GucciJuicemane]

"Bro is gonna" 12 year old confirmed.

[@gangswagster]

cartel education video ? 🤔

[@kidnamedfinger.productions]

@@gangswagster evolution

[@earlyfriday7576]

cartel might also add some chinese crossing the border for the heck of it

[@MrBikboi]

People still using BTC for these activities is legitimately mind boggling.

[@zombieboyxx]

the best part about OPSEC is that it's like an ever growing virus, the more people make mistakes and get caught, the more we learn and adapt

[@c.n.crowther438]

He fell for a number of classic blunders

[@angellmpls1]

Never get involved in a land war in Asia?

[@prezentoappr1171]

​@@angellmpls1 Yeah psychological warfare is nuts in Asia

[@MisterPancake778]

10:21 BRUH, to quote DJ Khaled: "congratulations, you played yourself"

[@DeltaXMusic]

it all boils down to greed. dude coulda dipped with 20 million+ but saw the bigger # and traded his freedom for it. know when to walk

[@mikee.]

LMAO WHAT I starred his monero-merchant repo on github like a year ago

[@CandyBag]

It's over for you unfortunately

[@electron6825]

​@@CandyBagFeds probably posted this already

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

Does that come with simple English?

[@xxXXuser69420XXxx]

ah yes, ze glowing repo

[@yandelross8780]

hm interestinggggg

[@Gabriel-mf7wh]

"Pharaoh" is probably the most misspelled word of all. The A comes before the O, not after!

[@benwinter2420]

The pyramids are telling a story of the previous polar configuration & Birkeland synchrotron radiation

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

@@benwinter2420 based schizo

[@wbixu]

@@benwinter2420Word 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️😤😤😤😤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DemocracyManifest-vc5jn]

I’ve seen it a million times. The classic story of Icarus flying too close to the sun

[@lolatmyage]

Feels like he will cooperate, snitch on everyone, and get a new identity

[@Dom-zy1qy]

Exit scamming is insanely common with these types of communities. Predictably so when you think about it, people only do these things for two reasons: 1. For money 2. To mess with people

[@mute9914]

Why would you exit scam when you could fake a fed takedown?

[@o1-preview]

@@mute9914 that sounds like an exit scam with extra steps, but ok

[@French-Star]

@@mute9914 shhh, dont give ideas

[@KwajGN125]

​@@mute9914 so that he could have it in his back pocket if he wanted more in the future, plus just being a scumbag, its clear hes arrogant hope someone gets to him

[@pinkerdroit]

Did he want to """get caught""" hence the big brain™ airport arrest finale? Snitching incoming?

[@freitod6353]

RIP All those who didn't used PGP to talk to their dealer on this stupid marketplace :') :'(

[@Sonic-gy7kq]

“Get rich quick” usually involves loosing it even faster.

[@Iog]

When you really stop and think about it, it is wild how monitored we are. Guess we all have logs.

[@SqueakyBlum]

This is why you don't use Google search.

[@French-Star]

Us normies won't be effected though! Like come on, it's not like our data is being sold to a super-conglomerate which tracks every movement we make on our cursor and sells our data to third-party advertisers which have access to cookies which probably in turn have access to our camera and microphone and works with an agency that is absolutely not affiliated with war crimes, most definitely doesn't silence whistle-blowers and totally didn't send a probe to the other side of the world to track people's every act of communication...

[@thomas.thomas]

you think there is any safe search engine? doubt

[@SqueakyBlum]

@@thomas.thomas There are ways to obfuscate your traffic, and there engines that don't have user accounts. But if you were running a criminal enterprise you really shouldn't be searching relevant topics on your own Internet connection regardless.

[@thomas.thomas]

@@SqueakyBlum exactly, there are so many places with free wifi - using one's own is just laziness

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

It's absolutely fine to use Google search since 98% of what people search for is just stuff to wank to, couldn't care less about some third world government having data about my perversions since us europeans don't consider sex immoral in the first place. The dark web exists for the remaining 2%, and I guess a good dose of that 98% as well.

[@thahrimdon]

Dead man walking

[@Waldo-Manfred]

dread man walking

[@jaygio]

Negative, he'll be fine. Stop typing thoughtless comments

[@thesubmaster9935]

@@jaygiohe’s fine after extorting thousands of dollars from cartels and drug dealers?

[@thesubmaster9935]

@@jaygiothen getting his identity revealed

[@ripyears]

@@jaygioAfter intake its over. Someone he scammed will have a connection

[@mba849]

I know its gonna be good when it starts with "ohhh boyy"

[@gothixxx12]

Your videos are absolute gold. Every second was worth it. Thank you my good sir.

[@umage7759]

well deserved bruh, trying to extort your ex customers? totally deserved

[@YamekDrope]

We could say these websites/projects start at first with no serious intent to be something thus using personal information and accounts. They gradually get bigger and realize it’s potential and financial gain.

[@SS-gu2tx]

The best part of this was the people commenting on previous videos about this guy's blackmail/exit scam saying he wouldn't get caught with good OPSec

[@brianbrewer8346]

Greed is humanitys downfall.

[@jaimeisreal]

When a hacker scammer angers many, many other hacker criminals. Boom!

[@snikrepak]

Hackers? More like clapper

[@NFPA-704]

0:40 If they were actually "unregulated pharmaceutical goods", he wouldn't have been arrested. L-tyrosine is an "unregulated pharmaceutical good" which is why you can buy it legally by the kilogram.

[@GnomeEU]

I think it's really hard to not get caught. Never doing a Google search related to your website? That sounds rough. Eventually you will slip up. Never reusing a nickname, an account etc. Always using a vpn and tor.

[@pluto8404]

maybe could run a local LLM to do all communicating and marketing.

[@dominikheinz2297]

There is a reason why systems like Qubes exists, to separate specific identities and activies. His opsecs mistakes are really opsec101..

[@clyde._]

A correctly setup “work” machine is no luxury.

[@HamHamHampster]

Or just don't use Google search, ever.

[@chimagamer4157]

Only lazy people suffer from such things, if you make it easy to follow such behaviour, you will automatically to it

[@wompastompa3692]

"Correlation attacks are a bitch." -Adrian Crenshaw

[@counterleo]

Literally have a VM or a special laptop with Tor installed for your illicit activities, and disable any IP traffic that's not through Tor I am quite convinced he actually had one, but couldn't resist making some searches from his phone when taking a poop and while under stress of his server being down

[@thomas.thomas]

opsec is only as strong as it's weakest link - and that always is human error

[@rogercroft3218]

They were trying to extort users? I'm shocked! Whoever would have thought that criminals would do criminal things?

[@rashira9610]

I mean you'd think it would be that cut and dry but think about WHO he was extorting. Wasn't just the buyers, many of who are just common junkies without much ability to do anything about it, but the VENDORS as well which, while SOME may have just been average joes growing weed in their backyard and chem students synthesizing MDMA and LSD then selling it, but MOST were probably cartels. NOT the kind of people you wanna play with. You gotta be a special kind of stupid to try and run not just an exit scam on cartels, but full on EXTORT them under threat of forwarding their info to LEO's, and think they'll just pay up and move on. I mean Cartels have ended people for less, and have their own tech wizards to track people down. This dude pretty much committed assisted unalive with extra steps. Really bad move.

[@AT32143]

Considering this is the first market to extort their customer base in the decade+ of markets existing, id say it’s pretty surprising

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

Actually it is pretty surprising since that entire environnement is built and has to rely on trust and reputation. Gangs and cartels of the real world have politicians and police in their back pocket and can use the threat of violence to have their way. This does not work on the web, there really the only thing that spurs people to even use you is your track record. So despite it being manned by people that very much disprove of the law, all of the less reliable get culled very early, and those who remain do so only on the back of maintaining their track record. Until whatever alphabet entity decides that enough is enough and they had enough fun for the year.

[@mendown8045]

Makes me wonder for how long Google will hold those personal searches? They can obtain so much info about us...

[@mc-rap2035]

How did they make the connection? What started the investigation? How did they initially subpoena google for the searches?

[@sampletext9426]

it could have been staged or the glows already know and just decided to catch him now

[@ra2enjoyer708]

A snitch most likely. And all that investigation is just a parallel construction.

[@Telhias]

He's probably scammed some glowie buying shrooms or something. Then the agency descended in all of its fury.

[@laterskater6341]

How did they find the hosting provider and issue the warrant?

[@ajd0101]

idk but the person behind nemesis apparently never got caught??

[@mumbos8211]

never rely on autoencrypt... pgp takes 2 seconds yall.. just learn it

[@T.Andronicus142]

I appreciate your logical views on hidden markets in relation to prohibition. It's rare but refreshing to hear dissenting opinions on such topics.

[@silverchairx]

I'd sooner take my own life go to trial for all that

[@badalmarandi7919]

Revux is being mentioned everywhere - definitely a project to watch!

[@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013]

My god!!! the whole thing was such a great show, lots of drama, and now Pharoah is caught, what a plot! I love darknet productions 😆😆

[@baribari1000]

are you 11? just askin'

[@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013]

@@baribari1000 Far from it man, mid 30s, what makes you think I am 11? I know what the darknet is, I am just saying it all developed like a soap opera

[@baribari1000]

@@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013 Oh, sorry! I just guessed by your username and account creation, lots of kids just put their birthyear into their username these days. And yeah, now I realize it's when Dread Pirate Roberts was caught.

[@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013]

@@baribari1000 LOL no worries, yes 2013 is the year he got caught. Now I am imagine there are 11 year-olds in the dark markets 😆

[@xxXXuser69420XXxx]

@@baribari1000 are YOU 11? how can you not know who DPR is and why 2013 is important to DPR lol

[@krantikushwaha9649]

Revux's presale got me hooked - the coolest way to be part of a groundbreaking project. Let's go!

[@menjolno]

"as a darknet admin, if you can't store cheeze pizza on an account, don't use that account"

[@pajeetsingh]

Given his young age and dishonesty, he will be hired by three letters soon.

[@georgehope5477]

yep, this is just a career move for him

[@bingwen469]

They don't really do that anymore lmao

[@SchemingGoldberg]

@@bingwen469 Hahahaha! Oh wait, you're serious? Allow me to laugh even harder.

[@Waldo-Manfred]

@@SchemingGoldberg yes, he will be hired by them but he will basically work for free, in exchange he won't stay in the maximum security prison

[@ryanbb7688]

@@Waldo-Manfred If he's lucky.

[@dracomalfoyvevo]

I don't even know if this is an "based" exit scam. The guy just gave himself a death penalty 💀

[@MarceloVeronezzi]

05:30 "...life sentence..." MentalOutlaw is so cute: now being famous his life sentence will be shortened to at most 6 months, followed by permanent shoelaces parole after that...

[@BrunoHenrique-gi1wd]

This guy's getting the Boeing whistleblower treatment if he ever gets out of the can

[@purdysanchez]

Did they not consider the possibility that some of their clients might send people after them?

[@codefallacy]

it seems all dark market places have a short lifespan, if the abc boys dont get you, your clients will. or do they. would love to hear about long term admins who were never caught

[@someyounggamer]

1st week in prison, dudes going to get shanked. God forbid he goes to the island. IYKYK

[@xxXXuser69420XXxx]

the meds mason! the meds! what do they say!?

[@BrennanWest85]

Bro looks like he'll do really well in prison, he'll make a great bottom lol

[@chapman3713]

He's in for some rigorous Backend Engineering.

[@israelCommitsGenocide]

yeah non consensual sex is hilarious lmao

[@w花b]

He'll probably be asked to repair the prison's TV or something. A fate worse than death

[@ratgreen]

He will be getting penetration tested in jail for sure

[@weiSane]

@@chapman3713😂😂😂

[@OFFCODEV2]

Hes not a drugkingpin hes a middleman , there's a big difference

[@AndersHass]

Wait they were on to him July 2022. I do wonder if he started the exit scam to gain more money before being arrested?

[@darkquaesar2460]

i'm glad i'm not a digital criminal, i'd be so goddamn paranoid about everything. If i were running a notorious darknet marketplace and it just suddenly went offline i'd immediately think the FBI is preparing to drone strike me from the stratosphere.

[@MrKristian252]

It's much easier to say after the fact about these opsec mistakes. None of these seem to directly correlate easily from his secret identity, to his public identity. It's rather more the reverse way around. I would say that because he pissed off these darknet kind of people, that they most likely contributed the most drawing the connections. @Seytonic explains the opsec mistakes better. This video seem more blown up than it is.

[@BlueJDev]

I agree seytonics video was good, no mention here about the exit strategy being covered as an April fools joke - I suppose it must've been if no-one was actually doxxed. Bet there was no refunds for those that paid up though... But he was begging to be caught with all the mistakes he made, imo many of them would be classed as D-web 101 lessons he clearly skipped! Like he literally gave away his transaction details on his own account that related to the naughty account, that ain't no breadcrumb it's the whole loaf... Sounds like he didn't even have separate devices for his personal / "business"

[@rusi6219]

Yeah these videos are all in poor taste and make me seriously dislike the person that runs the channel.

[@xxXXuser69420XXxx]

seytonic is biased/skewed at best and a fed at worst

[@outsider1305]

seytonic and mo video drop about this at the same time, nice :)

[@xxXXuser69420XXxx]

seytonic is a 3 letter agency shill tho

[@cirtey29]

He's a goner, in a violent way.

[@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013]

I think 1 or 2 months and he gone

[@yoloswaggins1579]

It depends on if the guys he scammed/snitched on are in his prison, or if he makes bail and gets out on the streets, I kinda doubt both. Still, he's a twig with a snitch name.

[@lPOTCl]

That is eastern aggression where they think book smarts = street smarts. If he had a hood degree he would’ve dipped out early and came back later. Bro was too lazy to get new devices, get in his car, and drive.

[@TeeEllohwhydee]

I agree with your points about prohibition, and how it's a stupid system, but I also concur with your glee. I doubt this guy lasts long in prison. I bet he knows this, and I bet all that blackmail material he said he had, well, I reckon he'll be cutting himself a deal very quick with the Feds to keep himself out of genpop.

[@def1nt]

Usually that would be sad news, but not this time. This time we rejoice.

[@dracomalfoyvevo]

"Snitches telling all their bussiness and be their own star witness." - MF DOOM

[@BillyBobThornt0n]

Glad he got caught. The extortion part boiled my blood when i learned about it

[@CatDevz]

5:36 truly the land of the free where you can get arrested for life for selling drugs.

[@xxXXuser69420XXxx]

weak ahh take dawg

[@Seattlefan77]

I'd be more nervous about all the deranged search history inbetween my criminal searches

[@PenguinCrayon269]

8:58 blue check. certified regard.

[@TheDeepSeaCreature]

All my heroes are banned and my villains are verified...

[@justing7490]

Its not a question of "If" a darkweb market will exit scam. Its a question of "when" they will exit scam

[@sminem6572]

No honor among thieves. Nobody should feel bad for the people who got scammed.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

They weren't thieves though

[@wolfetteplays8894]

I do, because it still 100% is a scam. It ain't their fault that the 'legal' markets are so deficient that people need to buy their shit under the table.

[@thomas.thomas]

@@thewhitefalcon8539 do you know what exit scamming is? He literally stole money from the sites users

[@xxXXuser69420XXxx]

remove that pfp now, sminem is based

[@sminem6572]

@@thewhitefalcon8539 So the PRESCRIPTION meds, that have to be PRESCRIBED to a PATIENT, just magically poofed into existence huh? No intelligence among thieves either obviously.

[@YB-Riddle]

youtube took you out of my algorithm for months and auto unsubscribed me glad to be back

[@nuclearnator]

i feel like many of them get caught in airpots, any explanation to why?

[@StarvingPixels]

They know where you're going to be at a specific time and know that you won't have weapons

[@ratgreen]

what Starvingpixels said, plus if they are fleeing the country to a country with no extradition laws, it might be law enforcements last attempt to nab them, before they disappear for good.

[@YaySyu]

​​@@ratgreenThe southern border is huge and no one really gives a shit when you're walking across TO Mexico. Dummy should have done that. Maybe he was afraid of the cartel

[@1234enzor]

The admin on that darknet forum got HUGE balls, people that trick drug dealers they get lead boots and throw in the harbor.