ResearchGroupNederland (RGN) Alphabay and Clearnet RC Vendor busted

https://pay.reddit.com/r/EU_RCSources/comments/6tftde/rgn_news_article/

The link shows RGN stopped responding to emails at the same time as this RC vendor bust in NL. Their website was registered to an address 5 mins away from the location of the bust in a small town of only 30k people. That pretty much confirms it's RGN.

This is potentially related to AB's bust as they sold Ketamine and MDMA on there with the same handle in 2016. In recent times they focused on RCs and were one of the biggest clearnet RC vendors advertising kilos available to buy. They sold fent analogues (correctly labelled) worldwide including to the US which might have been another catalyst for the investigation.

They were very easy to find and made no efforts to hide their identities and location of the clearnet operation. I'm told people had DHL packs turn up with "Research Group Nederland" on the invoice with their valid return address.

I know there's going to be a lot of "low hanging fruit" comments and that's pretty much true, but they were really shaking up RC prices in Europe in recent months. They had a massive inventory and very low prices relative to the competition.

Allegedly the 3 operators are being held with only lawyer contact while orders on the website are being cancelled so LE may have access to the order database. As I understand it orders were not deleted after a period of time so if you made an order that might attract some unwanted attention it's probably wise to burn your drop and lay low.


Comments


[7 Points] burnervonbrown:

"orders were not deleted"

Assholes


[4 Points] CurlyJoe22:

"Allegedly the 3 operators are being held with only lawyer contact while orders on the website are being cancelled so LE may have access to the order database. As I understand it orders were not deleted after a period of time so if you made an order that might attract some unwanted attention it's probably wise to burn your drop and lay low."

Why were they so lax?


[3 Points] FuckTheM0dz:

Global crackdown ongoing. Stay safe.


[2 Points] sharpshooter789:

Damn the Dutch are on a roll. Granted they had their work cut out for them this time. No need for the l337 dutch hackers.


[2 Points] DaddyBeatsMeSupreme:

Good riddance, they were the worst not-obviously-a-scam vendor by far. It's been known for a long time that they also deals in illegal shit on the dark net.

More income for quality stores.


[1 Points] altecMI:

They said this is how they will act. Gotta start thinking ways around this.


[1 Points] crystalchemist:

If they were dominating the RC game (or at least a big player in it), why would they need to sell illegal drugs through the deep web? I guess if you can, you will.


[1 Points] p_hinman3rd:

I bought something from them like 5 days ago lol.


[1 Points] ChriJoDUS:

Hi Guys. Short feedback: our orders are "in hold".

Since nothing will happen again ... a pity! No matter - the world continues to turn.


[1 Points] bialas55:

I registered on the site, I ordered 1g of substance that is legal in my country (Poland). I did not reply to the email on the bitcoin payment and paid nothing because I found this thread. My order was canceled (who canceled, police, admin or it automatically changes). Unfortunately, I gave my address by placing an order, but my name is different. Can I have any trouble getting my order and nothing else, no payments? For example, the Dutch police will forward the Polish police and will visit me in connection with this order? I know a little panic, but please give me serious answers