Arrested for laundering approximately $40 million, Thomas Jiřikovský, allegedly the owner of one of the most popular by clicking hereς, του darknet. Το "Sheep Marketplace", ήταν μία από τις μεγαλύτερες scams in the history of the dark web.
Following the arrest of the owner of Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, το 2013 - το Sheep Markeplace έγινε η επόμενη διάσημη ιστοσελίδα στην ανώνυμη υπόγεια αγορά του Darknet, η οποία εξειδικευόταν στην πώληση παράνομων προϊόντων, και κυρίως ναρκωτικών.
A few weeks ago, the Sheep Marketplace suddenly disappeared and was put out modeς από τον ιδιοκτήτη του, ο οποίος ήταν ύποπτος για κλοπή Bitcoins, αξίας 40 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων, όταν σε αντιστοιχία το Bitcoin είχε την μέγιστη νομισματική αξία στην αγορά.
Shortly after this fraud with Bitcoins, a darknet commentator, Gwern Branwen, revealed the owner, consequently identified as a suspect owner of the site, Thomas Jiřikovský. Jiřikovský forgot to hide his identity and home address from the Internet when his Facebook page was revealed.
However, immediately after revealing his identity, Jiřikovský refused to participate in the Sheep Marketplace.
And while an investigation was being conducted into the stolen money from the online market, Czech police noticed a strange move by a suspicious young developer who attempted to buy a luxury home worth 8,7 million Czech crowns ($345.000 USD) in Lusatia, a region in the Czech Republic, in his grandfather's name .
Additional research revealed that last January, a new bank account of 26 Eva Bartošová received the enormous amount of almost 900.000 crowns from a foreign exchange company Bitcoin. However, the young woman was unable to justify the origin of the money.
According to the media in the Czech Republic , Eva Bartošová is the wife of Thomas Jiřikovský, who helped him transfer the stolen money through her recently created bank account.
Παράρτημα της Τσέχικης αστυνομίας που ασχολείται με τις οικονομικές απάτες διερεύνησαν τον Jiřikovský και διαπίστωσαν ότι το σπίτι είχε αγοραστεί εξ 'ολοκλήρου με Bitcoin.
And do not forget that two weeks ago, another great buying and selling website in Deep Web with the name Evolution disappeared with rumors saying his owners might have deceived their thousands of clients and stole 12 millions of dollars in Bitcoin.