Feds indict ‘The Bull’ for selling insider trading info on the dark web
Richard Lawler, 10 July 2021
Nearly four years after the lights went out at AlphaBay, the feds are still charging people with criminal activities linked to the dark web marketplace. On Friday the SEC and the Department of Justice announced charges against Apostolos Trovias, a Greek national who they allege posted on dark web marketplaces using the nickname “The Bull.”
However, unlike drug dealers targeted in previous actions, the authorities allege Trovias used dark web forums as a way to troll for people willing to buy or sell insider trading information while hiding behind “anonymizing software, screen names, and bitcoin payments.” Continue reading “Article: Feds indict ‘The Bull’ for selling insider trading info on the dark web”
