The service's onion is offline, which means police managed to seize the backend server with the core mixing engine and customer data. Also the silence from the team is a possible sign of an arrest. https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/sinbadio-3509539 Last Active: November 27, 2023, 03:10:52 PM
Yet another example proving that an ability to code a mixer doesn't mean an ability to secure operations properly yet. If this service was following good security practices, it wouldn't let LE to find their core server in that easy way. I guess it was 1 hop after Cloudflare...
FIODNederland, when press release with the whole operation details? Ideally, something as detailed as it was for Chipmixer and Bestmixer made by your partners in the USA. Thanks.
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The signature escrow address was also mentioned in the article as part of the Sinbad wallet address, which holds about $13,000 worth of BTC at the current price.
You and I know very well that this said escrow address isn't in the control of Sinbad, its all mistaken identity...Worst case scenario is these guys might have been following money leaving one of Sinbad's wallet addresses and unfortunately, the sig wallet has been a receipt of btc several times which could have given the addy special recognition...otherwise it's a dead end tbh.
I hope this won't leave any trace on the participants who are being paid from the address, tiring them down with something to deal with in the exchange since the article has already started and US citizens and others are highly advised not to interact with any of those addresses in the future.
Too many innocent businesses will be affected if they are still trying to follow the money, besides as this Sig was among the biggest and every week funds were going everywhere such as exchanges,casinos, BTC ATMs,p2p transactions and funds are still in circulation...honestly good luck to them with their witch hunt because once the ball starts rolling it never stops 
Coming to think of it there is strength in numbers after all
Ummm, hello anybody home? The site is seized, who is gonna come back? You should remove any ads related to them because the links lead to a dead end. And nobody is going to track signature payments, because did they say they were in bed with criminals and you accepted to advertise for them? If no then there is no problem, from now on that you know however, that's another issue.
@FIODNederland: Can you confirm this account belongs to FIOD, by posting the username in fiod.nl/Bitcointalk.txt? If so, I'll leave neutral feedback confirming you are who you say you are, which will add greatly to your credibility.
Copper Membership means you've paid using Bitcoin. Interesting
Copper Membership means you've paid using Bitcoin. Interesting
I was curious about something.
Is there any official announcement, without what is written in the news already mentioned on Coindesk?
EDIT
I found the official announcements:
https://www.fiod.nl/fiod-takes-large-crypto-currency-mixer-off-the-air/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1933
The signature escrow address was also mentioned in the article as part of the Sinbad wallet address, which holds about $13,000 worth of BTC at the current price. I hope this won't leave any trace on the participants who are being paid from the address, tiring them down with something to deal with in the exchange since the article has already started and US citizens and others are highly advised not to interact with any of those addresses in the future.
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, designated two Bitcoin addresses and two email addresses tied to Sinbad, banning all U.S. persons and anyone who transacts with the global financial system from interacting with the addresses in future.
According to a Blockchain.com block explorer, one address currently holds around 0.35 BTC (worth around $13,000) at the moment, but has received a hair over 15 BTC (worth around $570,000 at current prices) overall.
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, designated two Bitcoin addresses and two email addresses tied to Sinbad, banning all U.S. persons and anyone who transacts with the global financial system from interacting with the addresses in future.
According to a Blockchain.com block explorer, one address currently holds around 0.35 BTC (worth around $13,000) at the moment, but has received a hair over 15 BTC (worth around $570,000 at current prices) overall.
I also suspect that what is meant in the article is Sinbad's escrow wallet. Is there a possibility that there will be tracking of all transactions from that address?
I hope this is just an investigation and if no money laundering is found then they will come back, but who knows, I just started reading some articles about chipmixer. But the chipmixer campaign participants are fine, so I suspect that the campaign participants have nothing to do with the Sinbad case
The signature escrow address was also mentioned in the article as part of the Sinbad wallet address, which holds about $13,000 worth of BTC at the current price. I hope this won't leave any trace on the participants who are being paid from the address, tiring them down with something to deal with in the exchange since the article has already started and US citizens and others are highly advised not to interact with any of those addresses in the future.
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, designated two Bitcoin addresses and two email addresses tied to Sinbad, banning all U.S. persons and anyone who transacts with the global financial system from interacting with the addresses in future.
According to a Blockchain.com block explorer, one address currently holds around 0.35 BTC (worth around $13,000) at the moment, but has received a hair over 15 BTC (worth around $570,000 at current prices) overall.
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, designated two Bitcoin addresses and two email addresses tied to Sinbad, banning all U.S. persons and anyone who transacts with the global financial system from interacting with the addresses in future.
According to a Blockchain.com block explorer, one address currently holds around 0.35 BTC (worth around $13,000) at the moment, but has received a hair over 15 BTC (worth around $570,000 at current prices) overall.
@FIODNederland: Can you confirm this account belongs to FIOD, by posting the username in fiod.nl/Bitcointalk.txt? If so, I'll leave neutral feedback confirming you are who you say you are, which will add greatly to your credibility.
Copper Membership means you've paid using Bitcoin. Interesting
From their own website (archived):
Copper Membership means you've paid using Bitcoin. Interesting
To all criminal users of former mixer Sinbad.io,
Is everyone that users a mixer been called a criminal, or this is a "to whom it may concern" statement A cryptocurrency mixing service is not necessarily illegal.
Unfriendly radar? Dude they were love buddies with hackers, when authorities catch the bad guys, they are not unfriendly anymore, it doesn't matter how messed up the whole world is, without force, nobody is safe, so you should thank them for helping to make the world a better place.
We do fight for freedom, but not for criminals' freedom, there is a line in every revolution, if we cross that line, then we are no different than criminals.
On a side note, did somebody just tagged the account of an international agency with red? I go bash my head against a wall.🤯
We do fight for freedom, but not for criminals' freedom, there is a line in every revolution, if we cross that line, then we are no different than criminals.
On a side note, did somebody just tagged the account of an international agency with red? I go bash my head against a wall.🤯
I read the news and it is true that the SinBad service has been seized by the FBI, Dutch and Finnish police.
And Sinbad was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for North Korea's so-called Lazarus Group.
This article also mentions the signature campaign escrow address that still holds 0.35 and has received 15 BTC.
It is also said that the store is processing the mixed proceeds from the Horizon Bridge and Axie Infinity hacks.
And Sinbad was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for North Korea's so-called Lazarus Group.
This article also mentions the signature campaign escrow address that still holds 0.35 and has received 15 BTC.
It is also said that the store is processing the mixed proceeds from the Horizon Bridge and Axie Infinity hacks.
This is very sad for the community. (But still, what a stange way to announce it on the forum, I am still surprised.)
However, this should be a reminder for all mixing services users, to always use Tor.
The whole Sinbad story was very predictable. I've started to think that their time was counted some months ago, after reading Chainanalysis report:
Sinbad, one of the market leaders in the mixer's industry, attracts a lot of attention (that's why I stopped promoting their service), and I personally think that this is not to the users' advantage. Just read the latest Chainanalysis report and see how they are cited as the mixer the most used by North Korea to launder stolen funds for example. If your mixer's name appears in a lot of reports, how can you be 100% confident with the idea of mixing your coins via their service (especially for those selling them to a CEX at the end) ? From my point of view, I'd be worried about mixing large quantities of coins via a service that gets so much notice and noise.
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It looks like not many users lost funds (or no users at all), but still, we all knew that they were specifically under some unfriendly radars..
I read the news and it is true that the SinBad service has been seized by the FBI, Dutch and Finnish police.
And Sinbad was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for North Korea's so-called Lazarus Group.
This article also mentions the signature campaign escrow address that still holds 0.35 and has received 15 BTC.
It is also said that the store is processing the mixed proceeds from the Horizon Bridge and Axie Infinity hacks.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/11/29/crypto-mixer-sanctioned-by-us-treasury-for-north-korea-allegations-as-fbi-and-finish-police-seize-website/
And Sinbad was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for North Korea's so-called Lazarus Group.
This article also mentions the signature campaign escrow address that still holds 0.35 and has received 15 BTC.
It is also said that the store is processing the mixed proceeds from the Horizon Bridge and Axie Infinity hacks.
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/11/29/crypto-mixer-sanctioned-by-us-treasury-for-north-korea-allegations-as-fbi-and-finish-police-seize-website/
Am not saying anything, but for someone who just joined the forum, you seem to know your way around this place
Btw, aren't people entitled to have some privacy away from prying eyes because not everyone needs to know whats happening in ones financial life, especially the money footprint that from not using a mixer
This is a collective warning issued by the Dutch Investigation Service for Financial and Tax Crime (FIOD) and the Dutch Public Prosecution Office.
Dutch interesting...
Does it mean Sinbad was likely Dutch, or most of its users were from Dutch land...
To all criminal users of former mixer Sinbad.io,
Is everyone that users a mixer been called a criminal, or this is a "to whom it may concern" statement Btw, aren't people entitled to have some privacy away from prying eyes because not everyone needs to know whats happening in ones financial life, especially the money footprint that from not using a mixer
This is a collective warning issued by the Dutch Investigation Service for Financial and Tax Crime (FIOD) and the Dutch Public Prosecution Office.
Does it mean Sinbad was likely Dutch, or most of its users were from Dutch land...
Dude, they are hiding in some holes by now, you want official announcement? It says they were in bed with north korea, wake up.
I do not understand this.
The Sinbad site was down for maintenance but now when I open the site, it shows the above screenshot.
The site was down for maintenance.
I would prefer to know the words from the Sinbad management on this.
Please refrain from double posting, you are in our territory now. Lol
Alright, are you alarming the criminals to stop using this service because their privacy is at risk? Why would you do that? Wouldn't be better if after seizing the service, you could keep operations to identify more criminals?
Also, please don't scare people here, other than a few, everyone in here is trying to earn a living, they are not criminals, you should know that, law enforcements should be tough with criminals and make ordinary citizens feel safe.
If this is a legit announcement, then 👏👏👏
But know this, privacy is our right, as long as we are not doing anything wrong, we will stand and fight for our rights.
Alright, are you alarming the criminals to stop using this service because their privacy is at risk? Why would you do that? Wouldn't be better if after seizing the service, you could keep operations to identify more criminals?
Also, please don't scare people here, other than a few, everyone in here is trying to earn a living, they are not criminals, you should know that, law enforcements should be tough with criminals and make ordinary citizens feel safe.
If this is a legit announcement, then 👏👏👏
But know this, privacy is our right, as long as we are not doing anything wrong, we will stand and fight for our rights.
Seeing this post on both the Sinbad-signature-thread and multiple threads created by the same user, I taught: this was some sort of cooked-up-story from some angry users, but hell no, just accessed both the Clearnet and that of Tor, and the warning messages are all displayed their.
These is just happening few days after the upgrade announcement. Is it that the team behind Sinbad saw this coming or where they really not aware of it? Und what's exactly the reason why regulators are coming after mixers up to the extent of holding seizing the site? What will also be the faith of those who might have used the service, of which the warning banner claims they have access to few of their information?
These is just happening few days after the upgrade announcement. Is it that the team behind Sinbad saw this coming or where they really not aware of it? Und what's exactly the reason why regulators are coming after mixers up to the extent of holding seizing the site? What will also be the faith of those who might have used the service, of which the warning banner claims they have access to few of their information?
To all criminal users of former mixer Sinbad.io,
This is a collective warning issued by the Dutch Investigation Service for Financial and Tax Crime (FIOD) and the Dutch Public Prosecution Office.
Our investigation has uncovered illicit activities on this mixer platform and the logs obtained have compromised the anonymity of numerous users.
We urge all criminal users and admins of mixers to cease all unlawful actions immediately. Persistent engagement will lead to severe legal consequences. We are resolute in pursuing and prosecuting all involved in criminal activities.
Your anonymity is no longer assured. Law enforcement actions are imminent.
With Vigilance,
Dutch Investigation Service for Financial and Tax Crime (FIOD) and the Dutch Public Prosecution Office
[/b]This is a collective warning issued by the Dutch Investigation Service for Financial and Tax Crime (FIOD) and the Dutch Public Prosecution Office.
Our investigation has uncovered illicit activities on this mixer platform and the logs obtained have compromised the anonymity of numerous users.
We urge all criminal users and admins of mixers to cease all unlawful actions immediately. Persistent engagement will lead to severe legal consequences. We are resolute in pursuing and prosecuting all involved in criminal activities.
Your anonymity is no longer assured. Law enforcement actions are imminent.
With Vigilance,
Dutch Investigation Service for Financial and Tax Crime (FIOD) and the Dutch Public Prosecution Office
You can try also on adv@ sinbad.io
Or even o Jabber: [email protected]
I really don't think they will fool anyone like this. I'm pretty sure it's a misunderstanding, but you definitely need to hear what they have to say in your case.
Possible scam exit. Still haven't received about 5btc
You removed the addresses, so we can't help you much here. How many confirmations are there for the transaction you sent Bitcoin to Sinbad?
I also suggest that you go to their official Telegram channel and ask this question. https://t.me/Sinbadio_English
Omg, there is several receiving addresses, 2/3 - ok, 1/3 - not ok
I wrote them to [email protected]
It could be. But, without presenting more concrete information or more evident evidence, you should not come forward and make accusations.
As mentioned, support returned from vacation on the 28th, there should be a lot of emails to read. You should wait a few more days to see if you get feedback.
Again a simple html page showing Site is down for maintenance is much better for a business as compared to the site being offline altogether for unknown number of days. Also note that not everyone follows the telegram too.
I agree that an HTML page with more information on the website would be better, specially for those customers which do not use bitcointalk.org or telegram
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