What mistakes did they make? Looking for vendors that may have not had such good OpSec on the computer side.
I never see vendors pop up and then disappear quickly which makes me think vending is easier than most of us think it is. Atleast the being anonymous online part....
This one time, this vendor caliconnect trademarked his vendor name. With the US Patent and Trademark Office.
His other mistake was moving massive amount of bitcoin / usd through an exchanger who was cooperating with law enforcement on fishing expeditions.