Summary of 4 more vendor busts: what they did wrong

Since my previous post [https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/5ephb0/summary_of_6_vendor_busts_what_they_did_wrong/] was well received by the community here I decided to do a second part. Unfortunately this post is not as elaborate as the first one because I already summarized the most interesting and most documented ones in the first part. Nevertheless it is worth reading if you are a vendor or just a curious buyer.

Before I start with the summaries I want to mention three points that came up during my research:

Now as promised the summaries:

In order to provide a safer dnm experience for everyone I will post a summary of 4 busts which contain things that the vendors did wrong and gave law enforcement and advantage and things that they did right which disrupted the investigations.


Bust #1: Dr. Xanax

sources:

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2015/10/23/quantikxanax-releases-intel-from-drxanax-bust/

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2015/10/13/dnm-vendor-dr-xanax-busted/

notes:


Bust #2: ErKran

discussion link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/4t47d2/swedens_biggest_vendor_busted/

sources:

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2016/07/21/swedens-largest-darknet-vendor-busted-authorities/

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sydsvenskan.se%2F2016-07-15%2Fatal-for-storskalig-narkotikahandel&edit-text=&act=url

notes:


Bust #3: Evilution

sources:

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2016/11/04/belgian-amphetamine-vendor-arrested-due-to-insufficient-postage-on-his-packages/

https://web.archive.org/web/20161027134259/http://kw.knack.be/west-vlaanderen/nieuws/criminaliteit/twintiger-uit-torhout-dealde-wereldwijd-synthetische-drugs-via-de-onderwereld-van-het-internet/article-normal-239819.html [google translator not working for the URL, copy the text manually and paste it into the google translator]

notes:


Bust #4: HollandOnline

discussion link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AgMarketplace/comments/2ywpkv/vendor_busted/

archived version with some of the deleted comments: https://web.archive.org/web/20150314112159/http://www.reddit.com/r/AgMarketplace/comments/2ywpkv/vendor_busted

sources:

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2015/03/12/dutch-vendor-bust-hollandonline/

https://web.archive.org/web/20160325231658/https://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten/@88570/aanhoudingen/ [google translator not working for the URL, copy the text manually and paste it into the google translator]

notes:


That is it for now, if you know other busts that could provide useful information or additions to the summarized ones please leave a comment here.

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Comments


[41 Points] Wishart33:

4000 bitcoins??? That is 3 million right


[15 Points] al_eberia:

/u/alpraking, still got that audio?


[9 Points] YoMommaRollsMyWeed:

Fantastic info mate and all in one place, thank you for writing this :)


[12 Points] None:

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[8 Points] DroolingOrphanXannie:

What I wouldn't give to be one of those shop owner. Someone keeps returning packages to me and they all contain drugs! Yay!


[4 Points] Louis-XIII:

Best post I've read so far today.


[3 Points] None:

Nice read


[3 Points] BarForBar:

Thanks for doing these man =)

Hopefully vendors take note from these write-ups.


[3 Points] Jay-__:

Links to ErKran & Evilution discussions are the same.


[3 Points] None:

6 packages with insufficient postage and the same return address on all?! Woooooow


[2 Points] murderhomelesspeople:

Man reading this makes me worry about my vendors :( Some of em have had the same name for a while. Think it'd be rude to copy and send this to them PGP?


[1 Points] coffeencreme:

Really interesting reading OP, thanks for taking the time to do this!


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[1 Points] drxanaxopsec:

how long was quantikusa vending for before he got caught up?


[1 Points] affuuuckckkckckckkas:

It seems alexandrus and hollandonline were busted because they did something suspicious when a cop was watching and that put them on their radar. Both in EU, doesnt seem like the US has put in the same level of determination to find vendors like staking out every single postbox and going through the desposited mail.


[1 Points] None:

Hell of a post. Thank you for the solid content.


[1 Points] deviltalk:

So what should vendors be using for a return address?


[1 Points] jack19056:

About your extension, how do we know its not going to auto update and install a backdoor or some thing?