Software
software:liberty_reserve
Also: Liberty Reserve dollars
Digital-currency and funds-transfer platform used to move and launder ransomware proceeds.
Digital-currency and funds-transfer platform used to move and launder ransomware proceeds.
“Zain would collect the money and then use Liberty Reserve to transfer it to his Russian associates”
“It was essentially a black-market bank.”
Online payment service used for criminal transactions and money laundering before being seized by federal authorities.
“Back then, I didn’t use Bitcoin. We used Liberty Reserve.”
“That Liberty Reserve website was seized by the feds”
Online payment service mentioned as a means of obtaining web money used in the group’s operations.
“back then it was Liberty Reserve.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | USES | Zain Qaiser | Explicit | 44 |
| incoming | USES | Raymond | Explicit | 44 |
| incoming | USES | Hieu Minh Ngo | Explicit | 162 |
| incoming | USES | Nathan Michael | Explicit | 164 |
Zain Qaiser USES Liberty Reserve
Zain used Liberty Reserve to transfer ransom proceeds to his Russian associates.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 44 Details
“Zain would collect the money and then use Liberty Reserve to transfer it to his Russian associates”
Raymond USES Liberty Reserve
Raymond converted the cashed ransom payments to Liberty Reserve and transferred the money to Zain.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 44 Details
“then he’d convert the cash to Liberty Reserve, transfer the money to Zain”
“Then he’d send it to Zain through Liberty Reserve.”
Hieu Minh Ngo USES Liberty Reserve
Hieu used Liberty Reserve to receive payments for identity searches and launder proceeds.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Hieu Minh Ngo EP 162 Details
“Back then, I didn’t use Bitcoin. We used Liberty Reserve”
Nathan Michael USES Liberty Reserve
Nathan says he used Liberty Reserve as web money and lacked it when deciding to use freshly skimmed cards.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details
“back then it was Liberty Reserve. We had no Liberty Reserve to buy any — our web money.”