Criminals/thieves/hackers who have been tracked via the blockchain? - page 2.

ShetKid

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The law enforcements probably don't care about individuals who buy drugs on the marketplace. They mostly go after the big sharks who use services like Coinbase for their transactions. As for anyone else getting tracked, just recently the hacker of Bitdice had their money frozen after the exchange realized it was the hacked coins that were transferred to the account.

Amph

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Quote from: odolvlobo on June 25, 2015, 06:29:46 PM

Here are two recent ones:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-secret-service-agent-plead-guilty-silk-road-bitcoin-theft-n379416
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/23/us-usa-bitcoin-silkroad-idUSKBN0P31EP20150623

They were caught by agents tracking where Silk Road bitcoins were going.

i always wonder, if they were caught because of their negligence about using correctly a mixer, or if because you can track anyone in the end if you work hard enough

because they have still not caught the hacker from bitstamp, so two are the cases, they are not working hard or that hacker know how to hide himself 100%

ammy009

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PUSS Lover

a central database system must be developed to track criminals, thieves, hackers, fraudsters etc via the blockchain. it's badly needed.

pooya87

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coinbase only catches small time criminals, if we can call someone who uses a casino or what AgentofCoin said a criminal. these numbers are just so small in comparison to the number of criminals using bitcoin.
besides they don't really use a third party for their illegal activities, and they use mixers to cover their tracks.

odolvlobo

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Here are two recent ones:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-secret-service-agent-plead-guilty-silk-road-bitcoin-theft-n379416
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/23/us-usa-bitcoin-silkroad-idUSKBN0P31EP20150623

They were caught by agents tracking where Silk Road bitcoins were going.

ajareselde

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Satoshi is rolling in his grave. #bitcoin

Coinbase is claimed to even close down accounts for wide range of reasons, from dice site deposits, to casino and even resellng bitcoins on localbitcoins.
If they monitor these cases, i can only imagine what agencies are doing in their survailance, and blockchain analysis. My guess is how they aim for bigger fishes, and sizable seizures to justify their operation.
The only thing i dont get is, why do people still avoid using coin mixing services.

cheers

DarknetMarkets

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Quote from: bitnanigans on June 25, 2015, 06:09:29 PM

Criminals/thieves/hackers tracked - all of them.
Caught - maybe less than 1%.

How do you figure that? There are many criminals who LE would love to catch, but are getting away because they mixed their coins properly.

bitnanigans

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Criminals/thieves/hackers tracked - all of them.
Caught - maybe less than 1%.

cryptworld

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I think it was a casino to btc-e and they recover the bitcoins, but I can't remember the name of the casino

AgentofCoin

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I heard about maybe 2 weeks ago(?) that coinbase closed a guys account from buying from a known online knife dealer.
Never followed up to see if this was true or they closed the account because he was doing "other things" as well.

Edit: Nevermind. Here is what I was referring to.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/38qzgt/circle_will_close_your_account_if_you_use_it_to/

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hee-ho.

Quote from: DarknetMarkets on June 25, 2015, 05:43:59 PM

I have heard of several people having their Coinbase accounts closed for sending btc to darknet markets, and I recall that guy who sent coins he won fraudulently from a casino directly to a exchange (I think it was bitstamp, maybe bter?) and having them frozen.

Are there any other examples you folks can think of where people have been tracked over the blockchain? Has law enforcement ever caught anyone this way?

If there is a list or another post/thread on this subject I would appreciate being pointed to it.

Thanks

I can only think of one person that got tracked over the blockchain. the sheep marketplace owner (forgot his name)

oh, and try searching for "Moolah bitcoins"

DarknetMarkets

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I have heard of several people having their Coinbase accounts closed for sending btc to darknet markets, and I recall that guy who sent coins he won fraudulently from a casino directly to a exchange (I think it was bitstamp, maybe bter?) and having them frozen.

Are there any other examples you folks can think of where people have been tracked over the blockchain? Has law enforcement ever caught anyone this way?

If there is a list or another post/thread on this subject I would appreciate being pointed to it.

Thanks

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