The operator of the cryptocurrency mixing service Helix was sentenced to three years in prison last week. Akron, Ohio native Larry Dean Harmon, 41, pleaded guilty in 2021 to conspiracy to commit money laundering. A US Justice Department spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment about why the sentencing took place three years after the deal was agreed to. It is unclear whether Harmon will be released this year. In addition to his term in prison, Harmon was sentenced to three years
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A recently identified dark web portal is offering illegal services related to financial fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. Named the Styx Marketplace, the portal offers data dumps, cash-out services, fake and stolen IDs, SIM cards, multi-factor authentication bypass solutions, banking malware, and other types of illegal services. Initially mentioned on the dark web in early 2022, the marketplace opened in January 2023, following an escrow module for brokering transactions between cyb
In 1963, Agent 007 is seen in the movie From Russian with Love battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to grab a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the beautiful Tatiana to lure James Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, Turkey where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
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