AlphaBay accepted Bitcoin for transactions.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“Only Bitcoin, Monero, and Ethereum were accepted.”
Website
website:alphabay
Also: AlphaBay darknet marketplace
Dark-market website on Tor used to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods; the episode presents it as the largest dark market at the time of its seizure.
Dark-market website on Tor used to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods; the episode presents it as the largest dark market at the time of its seizure.
“the most popular dark market to ever exist”
“In November 2014 AlphaBay opened its doors”
“AlphaBay was seized it had 250,000 active listings”
Major darknet marketplace that sold illicit goods and was taken offline in 2017.
“AlphaBay became the most profitable dark market on Tor”
“they arrested AlphaBay’s founder, Alexander Cazes, in Thailand and took the market offline”
Darknet marketplace where V established a vendor account and sold drugs.
“he decided to set up shop on the AlphaBay darknet marketplace”
“I had set up as a vendor on AlphaBay”
Darknet marketplace where Arya worked as a junior moderator and handled customer-vendor disputes.
“AlphaBay was becoming one of the largest markets at the time”
“I was now part of the staff on AlphaBay”
Large criminal market for drugs, hacking tools, and stolen data whose administrator was arrested in Thailand.
“AlphaBay, this massive crime market for mostly drugs, but also hacking tools and stolen data”
“the takedown of Alexandre Cazes, the kingpin of AlphaBay”
Dark-web marketplace where Bayrob-related proxy services and stolen data were described as being sold.
“some of those proxies were sold on AlphaBay”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Bitcoin | Explicit | 24 |
| outgoing | USES | Monero | Explicit | 24 |
| outgoing | USES | Ethereum | Explicit | 24 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Alpha02 | Explicit | 24 |
| outgoing | DEVELOPED_BY | Alexandre Cazès | Explicit | 58 |
| outgoing | USES | Escrow | Explicit | 81 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Alexandre Cazès | Explicit | 24 |
| incoming | USES | FBI | Explicit | 24 |
| incoming | COMPROMISES | AlphaBay | Explicit | 24 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Operation Bayonet | Explicit | 24 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Operation Bayonet | Explicit | 81 |
| incoming | USES | Kyle Enos | Explicit | 58 |
| incoming | USES | Gal Vallerius | Explicit | 58 |
| incoming | USES | V | Explicit | 81 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Arya Ebrahami | Explicit | 104 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Alex | Attributed | 104 |
| incoming | USES | PharmaKing | Explicit | 104 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | AlphaBay takedown | Explicit | 104 |
| incoming | USES | Bayrob Group | Explicit | 175 |
AlphaBay accepted Bitcoin for transactions.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“Only Bitcoin, Monero, and Ethereum were accepted.”
AlphaBay accepted Monero for transactions.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“Only Bitcoin, Monero, and Ethereum were accepted.”
AlphaBay accepted Ethereum for transactions.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“Only Bitcoin, Monero, and Ethereum were accepted.”
Alexandre Cazès ASSOCIATED_WITH AlphaBay
The FBI identified Alexandre Cazès as the owner behind AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“The FBI tracked down the owner of AlphaBay to Alexandre Cazès”
AlphaBay ASSOCIATED_WITH Alpha02
AlphaBay's owner administered the site under the alias Alpha02.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“the site’s owner used an alias, Alpha02”
FBI undercover agents created accounts and bought drugs and other goods on AlphaBay during the investigation.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“The FBI was having trouble finding any clues at all so they went onto AlphaBay and started buying drugs.”
The FBI and partner authorities seized AlphaBay, took its servers offline, and arrested its owner.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“the FBI was able to seize his servers and take them offline immediately”
Operation Bayonet INVOLVES AlphaBay
Operation Bayonet included the planned takedown of AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“with the takedown of AlphaBay and the government controlling Hansa”
Jack says Kyle Enos sold fentanyl on AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details
“he was selling fentanyl on AlphaBay”
AlphaBay DEVELOPED_BY Alexandre Cazès
Jack says Alexandre Cazes created AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details
“Alexandre Cazes, he created another dark marketplace called AlphaBay”
Gal Vallerius USES AlphaBay
Prosecutors found connections linking Gal to AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details
“connections of him being on Silk Road, Silk Road 2, AlphaBay, Hansa”
V established a vendor account and sold drugs on AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details
“he decided to set up shop on the AlphaBay darknet marketplace.”
AlphaBay held buyers' payments in escrow until the buyer confirmed receipt and quality.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details
“It goes to AlphaBay where it sits and it’s held by them.”
Operation Bayonet INVOLVES AlphaBay
Jack identifies Operation Bayonet as an episode about AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details
“I did a whole episode on AlphaBay called Operation Bayonet.”
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”
The episode identifies Alex as AlphaBay’s administrator and says he ran the site.
Attributed Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details
“the admin was a guy named Alex”
“the admin who ran the site”
PharmaKing USES AlphaBay
PharmaKing was an AlphaBay vendor from whom Arya bought Xanax.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details
“I found a vendor on AlphaBay that I ended up becoming his number-one customer. It was this vendor named PharmaKing”
AlphaBay takedown INVOLVES AlphaBay
The AlphaBay takedown involved federal authorities taking AlphaBay down; Arya learned of it while in prison.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details
“AlphaBay had been taken down by the feds”
Bayrob Group USES AlphaBay
The Bayrob Group sold proxies and stolen credit-card information on AlphaBay.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Ryan Macfarlane EP 175 Details
“some of those proxies were sold on AlphaBay”
“which they then sold on AlphaBay as well”