An Australian man stands accused of being the mastermind behind
the darknet's biggest marketplace.
The site, known as 'DarkMarket', has already been shut
down, but police allege the website had been used to facilitate the
purchase and supply of prohibited drugs, counterfeit money,
stolen credit cards, anonymous mobile phone SIM cards and malware,
with 2400 vendors and more than half a million users around the
globe.
Investigators claim that over 320,000 transactions were carried
out via the marketplace, with more than 4,650 Bitcoin and 12,800
Monero changing hands.
This equates to a turnover of around AUD $220 million.
The father from Queensland has been arrested in
Germany and been ordered by a judge to be remanded in
pre-trial custody. Formal charges are yet to be laid.
