Thomas Jiřikovský, allegedly the owner of one of the most popular websites, was arrested for laundering about $ 40 million. darknet. “Sheep Marketplace” was one of the biggest scams in the history of the dark web.
Following the arrest of the owner of Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, in 2013 - Sheep Markeplace became the next famous website in the Darknet anonymous underground market, which specialized in selling illegal products, mainly drugs.
A few weeks ago, the Sheep Marketplace suddenly disappeared and was put out modes by its owner, who was suspected of stealing $40 million worth of Bitcoins, when Bitcoin had the highest monetary value in the market.
Shortly after this fraud with Bitcoins, a darknet commentator, Gwern Branwen, revealed the owner, consequently identified as a suspect owner of the site, Thomas Jiřikovský. Jiřikovský forgot to hide his identity and home address from the Internet when his Facebook page was revealed.
However, immediately after revealing his identity, Jiřikovský refused to participate in the Sheep Marketplace.
And while an investigation was being conducted into the stolen money from the online market, the Czech police παρατήρησε μια περίεργη κίνηση από έναν ύποπτο νεαρό προγραμματιστή ο οποίος επιχείρησε να αγοράσει ένα σπίτι πολυτέλειας που αξίζει 8,7 εκατομμύρια Τσεχικές κορόνες ($ 345.000 δολάρια USA) στην Λουσατία, μια περιοχή στην Τσεχική Δημοκρατία, στο name his grandfather's.
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.
A branch of the Czech police involved in financial fraud investigated Jiřikovský and found that the house had been bought entirely with 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.
