Topic: ChipMixer.com has been seized. - page 4. (Read 1859 times)
And with this news, the signature campaign has officially ended: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.61920144
That's very sad day for crypto, but probably it doesn't comes as big surprise, considering narrative that mixers is used for money laundering. Yes it's used, same as many classic fiat money laundering schemes like offshore companies for example, but they aren't doing anything against it. And as someone noticed in Chipmixer thread, Feds chosen interesting timining to announce seizure of Chipmixer - bank crisis that's going on in US now.
I skimmed through investigation, but haven't checked all in detail. It's very detailed, 60 pages of information and for me it's interesting that they show everything in public. It's like a message for remaining mixers in market - we're watching you..
From what I understand, there is just one man behind Chipmixer and as I understand, he didn't got arrested. It seems that NGUYEN worked really hard to hide his identity, but still he got caught by using PayPal...
I skimmed through investigation, but haven't checked all in detail. It's very detailed, 60 pages of information and for me it's interesting that they show everything in public. It's like a message for remaining mixers in market - we're watching you..
From what I understand, there is just one man behind Chipmixer and as I understand, he didn't got arrested. It seems that NGUYEN worked really hard to hide his identity, but still he got caught by using PayPal...
Any solid reason for them to seize bitcointalk.org?
I think it would be too much. Bitcointalk, same like Reddit was only used as platform to promote business, but it didn't got involved in money laundering 
The German authories (Bundeskriminalamt, BKA) also published a press release on ChipMixer:
Link: https://www.bka.de/DE/Presse/Listenseite_Pressemitteilungen/2023/Presse2023/230315_Geldwaesche_Darknet.html
(Use DeepL for a decent English translation)
Source: Bundeskriminalamt
The German BKA emphasizes that they will continue to ensure that German server infrastructure is not used for criminal purposes. Quite surprising that ChipMixer used German servers, if you ask me. Why would you do that in the first place. For a service that wants to guarantee anonymity for its users, I would have expected a more exotic server location.
Link: https://www.bka.de/DE/Presse/Listenseite_Pressemitteilungen/2023/Presse2023/230315_Geldwaesche_Darknet.html
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Die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main – Zentralstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität (ZIT) – und das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) haben am heutigen Mittwoch die in Deutschland befindliche Serverinfrastruktur des weltweit umsatzstärksten Krypto-Mixers im Darknet, „ChipMixer“, beschlagnahmt. Neben Daten im Umfang von ca. 7 Terabyte wurden Bitcoin in Höhe von derzeit umgerechnet ca. 44 Millionen Euro sichergestellt – die höchste bisher vorgenommene Sicherstellung von Kryptowerten durch das BKA.
Die Betreiber von „ChipMixer“ stehen unter anderem im Verdacht, gewerbsmäßige Geldwäsche und eine kriminelle Handelsplattform im Internet betrieben zu haben. Bei den Ermittlungen kooperierte das BKA eng mit dem United States Department of Justice (US DoJ), dem Federal Bureau of Investigation Philadelphia (FBI), Homeland Security Investigations Phoenix sowie Europol.
Bei „ChipMixer“ handelte es sich um einen seit Mitte 2017 bestehenden Dienst, der insbesondere Bitcoin kriminellen Ursprungs entgegennahm, um sie nach Verschleierungsvorgängen (sogenanntes „Mixing“) wieder auszuzahlen. Dabei wurden eingezahlte Kryptowerte zum Zwecke der Vereitelung von Ermittlungen in einheitliche Kleinstbeträge geteilt, die als „Chips“ bezeichnet wurden. Die „Chips“ der Nutzer wurden anschließend vermengt und die Herkunft der Gelder somit verborgen. „ChipMixer“ versprach seinen Nutzern vollständige Anonymität.
Es wird geschätzt, dass „ChipMixer“ seit 2017 Kryptowerte in Höhe von etwa 154.000 Bitcoin bzw. 2.8 Milliarden Euro gewaschen hat. Ein signifikanter Teil davon stammte von Darknet-Markt-plätzen, aus betrügerisch erlangten Kryptowerten, von Ransomware-Gruppierungen und aus anderen kriminellen Taten. So wird unter anderem dem Verdacht nachgegangen, dass Teile von im Zusammenhang mit der Insolvenz einer großen Krypto-Börse im Jahr 2022 entwendeten Kryptowerten über „ChipMixer“ gewaschen wurden. Zudem können Transaktionen in Millionenhöhe von der im April 2022 durch die ZIT und das BKA abgeschalteten Darknet-Plattform „Hydra Market“ nachgewiesen werden. Ebenso haben Ransomware-Akteure wie Zeppelin, SunCrypt, Mamba, Dharma oder Lockbit den Dienst zur Geldwäsche genutzt.
Zudem wurde der mutmaßliche Hauptbeschuldigte im US-Verfahren durch das FBI zur Fahndung ausgeschrieben sowie über das „Rewards for Justice Programm“ des US DoJ eine Belohnung für weitere ermittlungsrelevante Hinweise ausgelobt.
Der erneute Erfolg bei der Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität ist ein Ergebnis innovativer Bekämpfungsstrategien gegen die weltweite Cybercrime-Industrie. Denn: Geldwäschedienste sind regelmäßig ein wichtiger Bestandteil bei Erpressungen durch Ransomware-Angriffe. Ziel des BKA und der ZIT ist es daher, mit den in dem Verfahren gegen „ChipMixer“ gewonnen Erkenntnissen die Aufklärung weiterer Cyber-Straftaten voranzutreiben und zu verhindern, dass deutsche Infrastrukturen zu kriminellen Zwecken mit Geldern aus illegalen Handlungen missbraucht werden.
Die ZIT und das BKA bedanken sich bei allen beteiligten Sicherheitsbehörden für die hervorragende Zusammenarbeit.
Die Betreiber von „ChipMixer“ stehen unter anderem im Verdacht, gewerbsmäßige Geldwäsche und eine kriminelle Handelsplattform im Internet betrieben zu haben. Bei den Ermittlungen kooperierte das BKA eng mit dem United States Department of Justice (US DoJ), dem Federal Bureau of Investigation Philadelphia (FBI), Homeland Security Investigations Phoenix sowie Europol.
Bei „ChipMixer“ handelte es sich um einen seit Mitte 2017 bestehenden Dienst, der insbesondere Bitcoin kriminellen Ursprungs entgegennahm, um sie nach Verschleierungsvorgängen (sogenanntes „Mixing“) wieder auszuzahlen. Dabei wurden eingezahlte Kryptowerte zum Zwecke der Vereitelung von Ermittlungen in einheitliche Kleinstbeträge geteilt, die als „Chips“ bezeichnet wurden. Die „Chips“ der Nutzer wurden anschließend vermengt und die Herkunft der Gelder somit verborgen. „ChipMixer“ versprach seinen Nutzern vollständige Anonymität.
Es wird geschätzt, dass „ChipMixer“ seit 2017 Kryptowerte in Höhe von etwa 154.000 Bitcoin bzw. 2.8 Milliarden Euro gewaschen hat. Ein signifikanter Teil davon stammte von Darknet-Markt-plätzen, aus betrügerisch erlangten Kryptowerten, von Ransomware-Gruppierungen und aus anderen kriminellen Taten. So wird unter anderem dem Verdacht nachgegangen, dass Teile von im Zusammenhang mit der Insolvenz einer großen Krypto-Börse im Jahr 2022 entwendeten Kryptowerten über „ChipMixer“ gewaschen wurden. Zudem können Transaktionen in Millionenhöhe von der im April 2022 durch die ZIT und das BKA abgeschalteten Darknet-Plattform „Hydra Market“ nachgewiesen werden. Ebenso haben Ransomware-Akteure wie Zeppelin, SunCrypt, Mamba, Dharma oder Lockbit den Dienst zur Geldwäsche genutzt.
Zudem wurde der mutmaßliche Hauptbeschuldigte im US-Verfahren durch das FBI zur Fahndung ausgeschrieben sowie über das „Rewards for Justice Programm“ des US DoJ eine Belohnung für weitere ermittlungsrelevante Hinweise ausgelobt.
Der erneute Erfolg bei der Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität ist ein Ergebnis innovativer Bekämpfungsstrategien gegen die weltweite Cybercrime-Industrie. Denn: Geldwäschedienste sind regelmäßig ein wichtiger Bestandteil bei Erpressungen durch Ransomware-Angriffe. Ziel des BKA und der ZIT ist es daher, mit den in dem Verfahren gegen „ChipMixer“ gewonnen Erkenntnissen die Aufklärung weiterer Cyber-Straftaten voranzutreiben und zu verhindern, dass deutsche Infrastrukturen zu kriminellen Zwecken mit Geldern aus illegalen Handlungen missbraucht werden.
Die ZIT und das BKA bedanken sich bei allen beteiligten Sicherheitsbehörden für die hervorragende Zusammenarbeit.
(Use DeepL for a decent English translation)
Source: Bundeskriminalamt
The German BKA emphasizes that they will continue to ensure that German server infrastructure is not used for criminal purposes. Quite surprising that ChipMixer used German servers, if you ask me. Why would you do that in the first place. For a service that wants to guarantee anonymity for its users, I would have expected a more exotic server location.
Guys what do you think, will bitcointalk censor bitcoin mixers marketing?
It's unlikely they never censor they just warn, if there are bad players in the industry the community is the one tagging and marking it as a scam, mixing sites are already part of the Cryptocurrency community in a world that's full of regulation and compliance, I doubt if Chipmixer will go down they will continue to exist and they will continue their marketing here, we'll read more news in the coming days about this takeover, really bad news for the community.
Mmh bad news one after the other, in my part they say and I translate it literally "it rains in the wet". First SVB, then Credit Suisse and now also Chip Mixer who seized his site. A long series of bad news awaits us in this 2023
TBH, I'm very much curious to understand that why did the government seize BTC from Chipmixer at the first place?
How can they (Chipmixer) come under the faulty category that they were the ones who motivated money laundering?
They had been providing a service for a very long time and since it's the nature of a mixer not to attain any piece of information from the transaction that gets done by whomsoever uses the mixer, then how does the mixer know that the funds coming to them are from a terrorist, a money launderer or a criminal? And if using a service like mixer puts the mixing service into trouble at some point, then what about those misleading adverts about IDOs in social media and what should be done to a group of people who try to sell services (for eg.: an insurance) of a fake company to us without knowing that it may shut down any day? Should the social media be shut down and should those people be put behind the bars?
How can they (Chipmixer) come under the faulty category that they were the ones who motivated money laundering?
They had been providing a service for a very long time and since it's the nature of a mixer not to attain any piece of information from the transaction that gets done by whomsoever uses the mixer, then how does the mixer know that the funds coming to them are from a terrorist, a money launderer or a criminal? And if using a service like mixer puts the mixing service into trouble at some point, then what about those misleading adverts about IDOs in social media and what should be done to a group of people who try to sell services (for eg.: an insurance) of a fake company to us without knowing that it may shut down any day? Should the social media be shut down and should those people be put behind the bars?
The investigator followed up all the 400 posts created under the “chipmixer" moniker, it was also linked to Reddit too. I don't think they'll be need for the FBI to visit the forum again since they've gotten the information they need. Somehow we'll have FBI agents as active members of this forum, a lot is going on, everyone should be wary about their responses to some fishy questions in the forum.
Should be wary of what? Wait, was something illegal happening on this forum? Bitcointalk has nothing to do with this case because bitcointalk has never ever received a message from FBI that they should ban promoting of chipmixer, also Google Ads has run tons of advertisement for scam bitcoin mixers but no one was caught. We all know Chipmixer as a bitcoin mixer that increases our privacy and makes transaction less trackable and the wish of it is very natural and logical.Everything is allright, there is no need to panic over nothing. Bitcointalk and bitcointalk members, including chipmixer signature campaign participants can feel safe since they have nothing to do with this accident.
If anyone pms anyone on this forum regarding to this topic, 99% it's a person who will try to take the advantage of this accident and scam you. Don't give away your information on anyone!
I will quote some important things from here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1574581/download
NGUYEN has A KYC binance account
Looks like he used one phone number which is strange for someone with a PhD in data encryption, he used Yahoo, Linkedin, Paypal and he has an Apple phone.
It also seems that he is the only one who manages @Chipmixer BTT account.
US know many information since 2021- OCT/2022
The strange thing is, despite the number of quoting many things from the forum, it was not mentioned that they obtained data from the forum or mention of the signature campaign.
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According to Company
A’s tracing platform, from August 2017 to March 2023:
a. ChipMixer received 153,732 bitcoin and sent 153,672 bitcoin. Based on
the value of bitcoin at the time of the transactions, ChipMixer processed $3 billion worth of
transactions.
b. Chipmixer received $185 million and sent $17 million in bitcoin that was
directly or indirectly associated with wallets designated as darknet marketplaces.
c. ChipMixer received $35 million and sent $670,000 in bitcoin that was
directly or indirectly associated with wallets designated as fraud shops
A’s tracing platform, from August 2017 to March 2023:
a. ChipMixer received 153,732 bitcoin and sent 153,672 bitcoin. Based on
the value of bitcoin at the time of the transactions, ChipMixer processed $3 billion worth of
transactions.
b. Chipmixer received $185 million and sent $17 million in bitcoin that was
directly or indirectly associated with wallets designated as darknet marketplaces.
c. ChipMixer received $35 million and sent $670,000 in bitcoin that was
directly or indirectly associated with wallets designated as fraud shops
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Until May 2022, chipmixer.com was a
functional clearnet website that was hosted at a U.S. virtual private server (VPS) provider,
DigitalOcean
functional clearnet website that was hosted at a U.S. virtual private server (VPS) provider,
DigitalOcean
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ChipMixer set up an account at a hosting provider using the name “Max
Archdall.” This account leased servers using a PayPal account associated with the name “Max
Archdall” and the mailing address 5 Myrtle Street, Merrijig, Australia. Based on FBI database
checks and open-source research, this is a fictitious address in Australia
Archdall.” This account leased servers using a PayPal account associated with the name “Max
Archdall” and the mailing address 5 Myrtle Street, Merrijig, Australia. Based on FBI database
checks and open-source research, this is a fictitious address in Australia
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As explained further below, NGUYEN used the moniker “ChipMixer” on the
popular bitcoin message board BitcoinTalk (available at bitcointalk.org). On May 18, 2017,
NGUYEN, as “ChipMixer,” posted (or caused to be posted) to BitcoinTalk that he was looking
for testers for a new bitcoin mixing service. On May 26, 2017, NGUYEN announced in a new
thread that he was “Introducing ChipMixer,” which he described as “Mixing reinvented for your
privacy.” Since then, “ChipMixer” has made over 400 posts to BitcoinTalk, the majority of
which involve addressing questions about ChipMixer. As of March 2023, NGUYEN’s
“ChipMixer” account was still active on BitcoinTalk. Further, since May 15, 2017, NGUYEN
popular bitcoin message board BitcoinTalk (available at bitcointalk.org). On May 18, 2017,
NGUYEN, as “ChipMixer,” posted (or caused to be posted) to BitcoinTalk that he was looking
for testers for a new bitcoin mixing service. On May 26, 2017, NGUYEN announced in a new
thread that he was “Introducing ChipMixer,” which he described as “Mixing reinvented for your
privacy.” Since then, “ChipMixer” has made over 400 posts to BitcoinTalk, the majority of
which involve addressing questions about ChipMixer. As of March 2023, NGUYEN’s
“ChipMixer” account was still active on BitcoinTalk. Further, since May 15, 2017, NGUYEN
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The PayPal account with the name “MINH NGUYEN,” email address
[email protected], account ID 1706782211073221952, was the only PayPal account not
associated with a U.S.-based identity and associated with an actual bank account on the V3
PayPal Account payments received transaction logs
[email protected], account ID 1706782211073221952, was the only PayPal account not
associated with a U.S.-based identity and associated with an actual bank account on the V3
PayPal Account payments received transaction logs
NGUYEN has A KYC binance account
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Pursuant to KYC verification requirements, NGUYEN supplied Binance with an identification
card issued by the government of Vietnam, as pictured below
card issued by the government of Vietnam, as pictured below
Looks like he used one phone number which is strange for someone with a PhD in data encryption, he used Yahoo, Linkedin, Paypal and he has an Apple phone.
It also seems that he is the only one who manages @Chipmixer BTT account.
US know many information since 2021- OCT/2022
The strange thing is, despite the number of quoting many things from the forum, it was not mentioned that they obtained data from the forum or mention of the signature campaign.
Having the (main) website seized by authorities does not necessarily mean that the operations will be halted.
Something tells me that if this situation doesn't end here, they'll pay a visit to bitcointalk. Also, if I was Minh, I'd not find it wise to setup another mixer now that everyone knows my name.
They've paid their first visit to the forum, the second visit, rare, won't be funny. Considering the numerous allegations placed on chipmixer and the FBI agent linked his activities back to the forum on the FBI documents written about chipmixer.
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NGUYEN announced in a new
thread that he was “Introducing ChipMixer,” which he described as “Mixing reinvented for your
privacy.” Since then, “ChipMixer” has made over 400 posts to BitcoinTalk, the majority of
which involve addressing questions about ChipMixer. As of March 2023
thread that he was “Introducing ChipMixer,” which he described as “Mixing reinvented for your
privacy.” Since then, “ChipMixer” has made over 400 posts to BitcoinTalk, the majority of
which involve addressing questions about ChipMixer. As of March 2023
The investigator followed up all the 400 posts created under the “chipmixer" moniker, it was also linked to Reddit too. I don't think they'll be need for the FBI to visit the forum again since they've gotten the information they need. Somehow we'll have FBI agents as active members of this forum, a lot is going on, everyone should be wary about their responses to some fishy questions in the forum.
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Didn't you get the memo? Only criminals use mixers.
In the past, there was a memo. Only criminals use Bitcoin. 
These government officials will always hunt any innovation that want to promote privacy.
It's a sad days, gentlemen... And all these words only remind me of Phil Zimmermann's thoughts:
"If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy."
I think chipmixer made a record of having a "longest running" signature campaign in the forum till date.
Btw, not chipmixer but crypto.games has a record, they have been running sig campaign since 2015.This is correct, and I was just about to post same thing but I noticed you posted before me. Crypto.Games campaign was launched in June 2015, while ChipMixer was launched in May 2017. Still, it's one of oldest campaigns still running...
Ah, this is a very sad news to hear especially for our bitcointalk community ppl. I think chipmixer made a record of having a "longest running" signature campaign in the forum till date. I hope they come up with something although the chances seems very low after this seizure 
Who cares about signature campaign when the money printer goes down. Btw, not chipmixer but crypto.games has a record, they have been running sig campaign since 2015.Well, so is this a sign that governments are not going to let us use mixers ? I myself love mixing services and promoting one in my sig. space as well. I hate to see them all at risk now (although coinomize is still up for now).
They can't forbid you what to do but definitely it's something they don't want people to do. It's not the first, nor will be the last case of bitcoin mixers going down. Don't worry, it means that better alternative will come soon.Didn't you get the memo? Only criminals use mixers.
Tomorrow I'll see some retard people, happy because they think that their government is doing a great job and fights crime.Man, people really believe that it's used only by criminals and it should be forbidden. Bitcoin brings freedom but the problem is that freedom itself is a responsibility that people aren't ready to carry the weight on their shoulders.
Also, we are all being heavily spied on by our governments (in case anyone hasn't noticed yet). They had 149k data points about his location, provided by Google, back from 2016 to 2022.
Welcome to the real world. Do you think that tomorrow people will complain that they are tracked and all of their messages, etc is everything other than a privacy? No. That's what I am saying on this forum, people don't care about it. Only some people take it into consideration.I always wonder, why don't the owners of these companies move in Russia? Why didn't do it earlier? Russia can be a heaven for them, especially today when there is such a terrible situation and Russia is a number one DMCA ignorant, number one USA ignorant overall.
Guys what do you think, will bitcointalk censor bitcoin mixers marketing?
Given how many selfies they include of him in the press release report at https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1574581/download, I'd wager a terabyte or two are just his own personal photos
I guess people still trust their iPhone devices with their ''safe and secure'' iCloud diligently taking selfies and saving exact locations all the time 
In most cases, a Vietnamese guy who has Europol and the US after him would make a break for the border with Vietnam-China. Given Minh's history in Taiwan though, I wouldn't think China would welcome him with very open arms, so it wouldn't be smart to go there. A lot of places to disappear to in that region of the world though.
There is no way anyone would go to China to find freedom and protection, but there are several countries that don't have any signed extradition agreement with United States.If we know what US government did with Ross from Silk Road, I can only imagine how many life sentences and punishment they would stick on some guy from Vietnam
PS
I almost forgot to say, thank you CZ and Binance once again for your cooperation with government officials, and making everyone ''safu''.
both domains are off now by the way, it was a matter of hours
My bad, I saw it online and did the newbie mistake of mixing the chipmixerS domain with chipmixer on that list, since I thought it was online I was already sure it wasn't part of the original.
Makes me curious to see how many of them are still online now, but I'm not at my computer to check all those damn clones.
The second domain is still up and doing a redirect, not seized at all, they were known scams, how did they reach the conclusion they were the same?
Secrets have to stay secret, otherwise it's not a secret anymore
guess why both domains are not listed here
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scams-bitcoin-mixers-list-and-services-closed-5381839
I'm joking, but just half.
both domains are off now by the way, it was a matter of hours
Bad news to the the world of decentralization and privacy. These government officials will always hunt any innovation that want to promote privacy. They should investigate the matters and come up with reasonable finding. If not they should let the firm be. I wonder what will happen to the signature campaign in the forum. I always have so much respect for members in that campaign because they are just unique. And you will always learn from them. Government can try to stop decentralization but there will always be better alternatives.
After getting more than 7 TB of data (I don't know what's in it truly)
Given how many selfies they include of him in the press release report at https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1574581/download, I'd wager a terabyte or two are just his own personal photos
Also, if I was Minh, I'd not find it wise to setup another mixer now that everyone knows my name.
In most cases, a Vietnamese guy who has Europol and the US after him would make a break for the border with Vietnam-China. Given Minh's history in Taiwan though, I wouldn't think China would welcome him with very open arms, so it wouldn't be smart to go there. A lot of places to disappear to in that region of the world though.
Having the (main) website seized by authorities does not necessarily mean that the operations will be halted.
Something tells me that if this situation doesn't end here, they'll pay a visit to bitcointalk. Also, if I was Minh, I'd not find it wise to setup another mixer now that everyone knows my name.
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Having the (main) website seized by authorities does not necessarily mean that the operations will be halted. For example, in May 2020 Romanian authorities seized the well known torrents website FileList (filelist.ro). Yet the very next day filelist.io was up and running.
Main website is still seized:
However, their mirror site is still up and running since main website was seized. All users moved to the mirror website and no other problem occurred since then. And, if I'm not mistaken, admins made a post back then saying something like even if that mirror website will be also seized, they still have several other mirrors for keeping their torrent site up and running.
Main website is still seized:
However, their mirror site is still up and running since main website was seized. All users moved to the mirror website and no other problem occurred since then. And, if I'm not mistaken, admins made a post back then saying something like even if that mirror website will be also seized, they still have several other mirrors for keeping their torrent site up and running.
I read a long attached document at https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1574581/download
I'm still going through it, and saw this
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As part of the FBI’s efforts to combat ransomware attacks against victims in the
United States, including the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (EDPA), the FBI became aware of
a cryptocurrency mixing service known as ChipMixer, operating through the following clearnet
domains and Tor sites:
a. clearnet: chipmixer.com
b. Tor: chipmixorflykuxu56uxy7gf5o6ggig7xru7dnihc4fm4cxqsc63e6id.onion
c. clearnet: chipmixer.io
Case 2:23-mj-00528 Document 1 Filed 03/14/23 Page 12 of 60
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d. Tor: chipmixerwzxtzbw.onion
e. clearnet: chipmixer.club
f. Tor: qw6xpezaqb57xsviksbsbjlrftevt52s7baaxiubwb6mkpwkqcfdppqd.onion
United States, including the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (EDPA), the FBI became aware of
a cryptocurrency mixing service known as ChipMixer, operating through the following clearnet
domains and Tor sites:
a. clearnet: chipmixer.com
b. Tor: chipmixorflykuxu56uxy7gf5o6ggig7xru7dnihc4fm4cxqsc63e6id.onion
c. clearnet: chipmixer.io
Case 2:23-mj-00528 Document 1 Filed 03/14/23 Page 12 of 60
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d. Tor: chipmixerwzxtzbw.onion
e. clearnet: chipmixer.club
f. Tor: qw6xpezaqb57xsviksbsbjlrftevt52s7baaxiubwb6mkpwkqcfdppqd.onion
The second domain is still up and doing a redirect, not seized at all, they were known scams, how did they reach the conclusion they were the same?
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Records from Google for the account [email protected] revealed location history data. From September 2016 through March 2022, there were 149,027 data points associated to the account that resolved in and around Ha Noi, Vietnam.
Damn, just makes you wodner how much data they collect!
After getting more than 7 TB of data (I don't know what's in it truly) and 1900 BTC being seized by the government, is it really possible for Chipmixer to keep running their business from some other country that allows mixing under their jurisdiction? I believe that this loss isn't a small number and if all they had was this only (which could be least possibility as criminals can pay hefty sums to get their coins mixed), then they will definitely do something to either gain this much back through some other business or start back running the same business from somewhere else as we are speaking.
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