Feds indict ‘The Bull’ for promoting insider buying and selling information on the darkish net


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Practically 4 years after the lights went out at AlphaBay, the feds are nonetheless charging individuals with felony actions linked to the darkish net market. On Friday the SEC and the Division of Justice introduced fees towards Apostolos Trovias, a Greek nationwide who they allege posted on darkish net marketplaces utilizing the nickname “The Bull.”

Nonetheless, not like drug sellers focused in earlier actions, the authorities allege Trovias used darkish net boards as a technique to troll for individuals prepared to purchase or promote insider buying and selling info whereas hiding behind “anonymizing software program, display screen names, and bitcoin funds.”

On AlphaBay and different darkish web pages like Dream Market or…

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