Tag Archive for: silk road
Betrayed by Their Own Reflection: Selfies Help Police Catch Criminals
Not one, but two stories of criminals foiled by their own selfies have made the headlines this past week. Tanya Peele, a 26-year-old Atlanta woman, is accused of setting up a fake business account at JP Morgan, then using that account…
Catching Captain Hookah: How the Silk Road Mastermind Revealed Himself in a Chatroom
Last week, FBI officials caught the mastermind behind an underground e-commerce site called Silk Road, which has been called the “Amazon of illegal drugs.” Since its creation in 2011, the site took in $1.2 billion in revenue…
