Person

Arya Ebrahami

person:arya_ebrahami Also: Arya

Guest who describes his involvement with fake-ID businesses, darknet marketplaces, cryptocurrency, and drug distribution.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES reallygoodfakes.com Explicit 104
outgoing USES Bitcoin Explicit 104
outgoing USES Tor Explicit 104
outgoing USES noveltyids.co Explicit 104
outgoing USES Agora Explicit 104
outgoing ASSOCIATED_WITH Nucleus Explicit 104
outgoing ASSOCIATED_WITH AlphaBay Explicit 104
outgoing USES Jabber Explicit 104
outgoing USES Off-the-Record Messaging Explicit 104
outgoing USES Coinbase Explicit 104
outgoing USES Tails Explicit 104
outgoing USES TeamViewer Explicit 104
outgoing USES TrueCrypt Explicit 104
outgoing USES Evolution market Explicit 104
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Novelty ID Store Explicit 104
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Oracle Explicit 104
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH noveltyids.co Explicit 104
incoming INVOLVES Operation Breaking Bars Explicit 104

Claims

Arya Ebrahami USES reallygoodfakes.com

Arya used reallygoodfakes.com as a source for learning how to make fake IDs.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details

“he finds this website called reallygoodfakes.com”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 4093–4141

Novelty ID Store ASSOCIATED_WITH Arya Ebrahami

Arya says Novelty ID Store was his fake-ID website and that it was publicly identified as being run by him.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“noveltyidstore.com is a scam run by Arya Ebrahami”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 12316–12365

Oracle ASSOCIATED_WITH Arya Ebrahami

Oracle was Arya’s vendor name on Silk Road; the episode presents the pseudonym as Arya’s marketplace identity.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details

“His vendor name there was Oracle”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 14086–14118

Arya Ebrahami USES Bitcoin

Arya accepted payment in Bitcoin for fake IDs and held Bitcoin in his wallet.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“I’m getting paid in Bitcoin, dude”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 14568–14601

Arya Ebrahami USES Tor

Arya accessed Silk Road through Tor, including from his phone while at school.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“I used to access Silk Road from Tor on my phone all the time”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 19600–19660

Arya Ebrahami USES noveltyids.co

Arya operated and promoted noveltyids.co as his clearnet fake-ID website after Silk Road was taken down.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“Here’s my Clearnet website. That one was called noveltyids.co”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 21800–21862

noveltyids.co ASSOCIATED_WITH Arya Ebrahami

Arya identifies noveltyids.co as the website he relaunched and promoted as Oracle from Silk Road.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“I said hey everyone, it’s Oracle from Silk Road, veteran vendor from Silk Road. Here’s my Clearnet website”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 21719–21826

Arya Ebrahami USES Agora

Arya used Agora to buy Xanax after Silk Road was taken down.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“Agora was one of them. So, I’m buying all my friends these Xanax”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 28563–28628

Arya Ebrahami ASSOCIATED_WITH Nucleus

Arya became a staff member of Nucleus and performed support and forum-moderation work there.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“I became staff on their website”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 29799–29830

“I did support tickets, I handled their forum”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 30285–30329

Arya Ebrahami ASSOCIATED_WITH AlphaBay

Arya became a junior moderator and staff member of AlphaBay, handling disputes and moderation.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details

“he was now part of the staff on AlphaBay, helping them run the site”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 34772–34839

Arya Ebrahami USES Jabber

Arya used Jabber to communicate with AlphaBay’s administrator for business purposes.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“I would talk to admin on Jabber”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 36649–36680

Arya Ebrahami USES Off-the-Record Messaging

Arya used the OTR plugin for Jabber communications, although he later learned investigators had obtained the logs in clear text.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“they had logs of my Jabber conversations with the OTR plugin”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 67574–67634

Arya Ebrahami USES Coinbase

Arya sent Bitcoin to Coinbase and cashed it out rather than tumbling it.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“I was doing the same thing I was doing with Silk Road, which was sending it to a Coinbase account and cashing out”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 37446–37559

Arya Ebrahami USES Tails

Arya learned to use Tails as part of improving his operational security.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details

“He was learning how to encrypt his hard drives and use Tails”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 36986–37046

Arya Ebrahami USES TeamViewer

Arya used TeamViewer to give a competitor remote access to his computer and web server.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details

“the two set up TeamViewer, a way for this other guy to see Arya’s computer”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 42693–42767

Arya Ebrahami USES TrueCrypt

Arya used TrueCrypt partitions to store sensitive files and Bitcoin-wallet information.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“he goes through all of my TrueCrypt volumes and he saves all of my fucking information”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 43768–43854

Arya Ebrahami USES Evolution market

Arya bought counterfeit money on Evolution market.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details

“I had bought fake money online on Evolution market”

Arya Ebrahami · offsets 46279–46329

Operation Breaking Bars INVOLVES Arya Ebrahami

Operation Breaking Bars was the county police operation connected to Arya’s Xanax distribution activity.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details

“The county police called his Operation Breaking Bars”