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- The Dark Web and Illegal Marketplaces | Alphabay | Busines Documentary from 2020
Episode Three - Black Market Boom
Drugs, guns, counterfeit documents and much more are sold on dark web marketplaces that run on anonymous browsers and use cryptocurrency. AlphaBay was the biggest marketplace, transacting over US$800,000 in a day enabling its founder to live a luxury lifestyle in anonymity until international law enforcement caught up with him. Alphabay was shut down in 2017. In August 2021 there were reports that the website was online again.
The Dark Web
There’s a dark side to the internet, and you probably don’t even know it exists. Go behind the positive veneer of social media, communication apps and platforms that have made our lives easier and more connected, and you’ll find criminals using the same apps and platforms to run illicit and dangerous activities.
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Amazing how passionate governments get about stopping crime, when they don't get their cut.
Or governments committing crime
best comment
If only they took down big pharma as hastily
MY SON STARTED A 5K TRADING ACCOUNT CHALLENGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND IT'S NOW 12K AND GOING FOR 100K BY THE END OF THE YEAR!
Do old people invest 1 Bitcoin, I'm interested
Amazing too that the Thai authorities can investigate Caze's luxurious lifestyle and lack of any obvious income but are unable to carry out the same investigation for their own politicians, army personnel and police personnel!
Sounds like they were kind of forced into by many other countries who were putting pressure on them (i.e. those politicians were being "shamed" which is more humiliation than narcissists can bear).
Investigate Biden
Good point. Same with the cro+oks controlling the sys+tem in the U+S.
@@StillGrowingUp u don't think Biden has some skeletons
That’s because he was not paying taxes 😂😂😂
Imagine if they used all of their talent and resources to arrest child trafficking rings instead of going after drug profits 😅
they're into that sort of thing.
Why would they stop their own businesses?
@@donmooney21 facts the upper gov officials are straight pedos
Govt is the one who’s running those child trafficking rings
The finders cult has entered the chat
*Governments clearly don’t like competition.*
😍🤌📠
Monolopy
To my understanding this just proves how much we need an edge as investors because playing the market like everyone else just isn’t good enough>. I've been quite unsure about investing in this current market and at the same time I feel it's the best time to get started on the market, what are your thoughts?
I agree. Based on personal experience working with an investment advisor, I currently have $385k in a well-diversified portfolio that has experienced exponential growth. It's not only about having money to invest in stocks, but you also need to be knowledgeable, persistent, and have strong hands to back it up.
@@jamesvigor6409 Yes,My advisor is Julie Anne Hoover is highly qualified and experienced in the financial market. She has extensive knowledge of portfolio diversity and is considered an expert in the field. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market..
It all depends on what you plan on investing into, lithium & Cobalt companies will definitely be big money makers in thr future.
I got ten dollars invested in doge coin. Just waiting for the boom.
Anybody want to buy a bridge?
"A computer genius with an IQ of 142" - goes on to send emails from his illegal marketplace with his personal email address
i was thinking the same thing
common sense ain't so
...common
Not buying it one bit.
Not so 142 IQ-like.
Pimp_Alex btw 😂
my toxic trait is thinking that I could run a dark web marketplace and be smart enough to not get caught
me 2 i just dont know the procces
@@pltopper771happy to teach.
@@thanosprime6603 come to groningen today
Me 4 , even though i work at McDonald’s and disnt graduate high sxhool
ross uber lite version
I love how the only way these types of people get caught is when they buy 4 cars and 4 houses
The guy from Silk Road didn't own a car, a motorbike or a house, he was sharing a rented apartment with friends.
@@antwan37 But that guy hired multiple "hitmen" who were in reality undercover cops...
Agree
Wonder how this guys get connected :)
It's how they got Al capone
Tax
Overdramatic narration. Dude was harmless, he's not a drug lord or a terrorist with body guards. There are so many criminals and politician criminals, warlords, bankers who needed to get this much scrutiny, they focus their energy on the wrong dude.
Trust me. RIP Alexander
What amazes me is he used this clear net email address that he had been using for years, to send welcome emails to new users of AB. And used a handle that he had used on clear net forums in the past. For a computer genius he sure used pretty shotty opsec.
Bots
I’m pretty that’s how the Silk Road guy got taken down, he was said to be a “genius” also. Maybe geniuses have a fault of looking over obvious things.
Amazed me too, how easy he was to track down
Surely if you keep all your passwords in an encrypted wallet on Tails, and use a new identity separate from anything to do with your real self, they have no leads?
Unexpected past came back to bite Silk road .you never really think about using your name ten-12 year ago
"In 2014, the total amount of all dark web transactions was estimated to be $600,000" LOL ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?
$600,000 an hour maybe. This is AFTER Silk Road. The market was HUGE
I need to figure out how to buy stuff
@@celebratecrypto3693 Save yourself the trouble and don't.
Right? these documentaries don't know the half of anything. they always talk about the drug aspect too. More people would be scared to know just how much of their banking info is out there for sale. I could take over and destroy someones life if i wanted too for really not that much money, and i am by no means some computer genius master criminal
@@jtmnyallbudsnoseeds they’re in for a huge surprise when they realize my credit score is in the shitter and I’m broke. Good thing they only paid a few dollars for those “fullz” 😂
@@Matt_Foley There is an ex criminal CZcamsr named Matt Cox who would steal peoples identities and build up their credit to maximize the amount he could steal with each identity. It can always get worse.
So the leader of a dark web multimillion dollar website used a hotmail account linked to him to send out welcome emails? Are you for real?
yeah... seems pretty dumb
Yeah pretty crazy. And he was supposedly a genius. Guess I'm a super genius haha!
Unbelievable
Right? All that IQ failed him for a basic task that would have protected his identity. Wow.
@@bobbyb5546 How fbi get his location
The State : Oh look someone is seeling drugs and guns at lower price than us, let's get him ! pfff
Why not make it 1 dollar for a gun to defeat them
no market place sells guns because it brings alot of attention and heat
There prices were great 👍
Eeeeh
Yeah, the U+S and Can+adian go+v is the largest crim+inal organization. This includes b+ig ph+arma, those who rele+ased viru+ses to profit from v+acc+ines, etc.
The big problem is the Government was not getting their Cut... thats why bartering sites are shut down, under the Guise of keeping the public safe...just maybe it was government agents listing the most dangerous products and the Government gets a Thrill shutting down free enterprise while allowing major Drug Cartels to flourish and keep the corruption payoffs coming in.
Exactly! Governments and local authorities DO get a "cut" from child/human/secks tr@ffick!ng, which sadly includes access to vi0late the people being held, so they don't work as hard to fight THAT crime. They advertise a takedown here and there to keep up with appearances, but there's a reason why Asian and African countries easily sell child secks services to mostly American, Austrailian, and European men. Let's remember why it took authorities so long to capture and arrest Warren Jeffs - they go a cut!
Deep.
ok clown repeating others comments for likes
Nah, you're a corrupt criminal. I hope your government destroys all these lucrative profit seekers.
Wow -- to be "skilled in cryptography", have an IQ of 142, create a top dark web market with "layers of security", have a hideout across the world. Then to greet people with an email containing your real name? 🧐
he created it way before alphabay, his mistake was using it on alphabay initially before he went criminal
We all mistakes.
Thats not what happened tho.. thats wut they said happened but really thats not wut happened
@@phillythrowbackrapchannel1149 👍
hes great but hes have bad opsec setup
@@alphaomi8961 what's opec
Awesome Documentary- Thanks For the hardwork you had put in to make a high quality production
This documentary was originally created by the BBC in 2020. ENDVR downloaded this and reposted it with his watermark. If you're familiar with the original content you can see (recognize) that some credit is given in the video description. I think ENDVR is the 4th person/account to use this content. A sad but common practice in YT...
Not such a genius if you use your Hotmail account with your name "Alex" in it LOL
Beautiful documentary! So much well done! Thanks for sharing
Sure.. a computer mastermind.. had a 'hotmail' account that traced back to him... sure... yeah, that makes sense.
Nice lie lol there's a zero percent chance he used his personal email to run the site; either the authorities are lying or he is not the guy who ran it and the former is more likely.
right! when I saw that im like dude theres no way this guy would be that dumb to make that mistake. I understand mistakes happen but this man knows what hes doing and theres just NO WAY POSSIBLE he would use anything that has been used somewhere else. you dont just make that kind of mistake when operating something on this level.
They're lying. That's what they do. Just like a crocodile that death rolls its prey.
I don’t know, sometimes people make silly opsec mistakes, Ross Ulbricht (founder of the original Silk Road site) did something similar. AlphaBay is back up now, one of the people who was involved in the site launched it again I think, it’s not as big as it once was though, and there are more popular markets now, like Versus, maybe it will grow though.
Amazing that they considered a Mini Cooper a luxury vehicle
Unless you've bought a ridiculously expensive bottle of wine, no meal is gonna cost you $47,000.
Meal came with two Rolex watches
@@dkv674 That would be a reason.
It's possible. Mexico's Grand Velas Los Cabos has a $ 25,000 Taco on their menu, with gold flakes. I'm sure every country has accommodations for those that just wanna see how much they can spend in an evening. I googled worlds most expensive restaurants to learn about the taco.
This was awesome!!! Great work!!!
Lets go bro this is harddd!!🔥💨
Thanks for showing us how to look for these things. Thanks youtube
A masters degree at almost any university? How absurd! How would you go about doing that? asking for a friend...😅
They hacked into their servers and put you there
Hands down best documentary ive commented on before watching! 👍
haha
@@SubvertTheState?
@@whatamistudio2557 ?
@@michaelwilsonburns ?
@@tristin2913 ?
Make sure your thumbnail scream Dark Web and any specific topic like AlphaBay...People are more tend to click on that..your content is top notch quality 👌
this really needs a narrator, would be at least 10x better
Its amazing, Something i would recommend is a narrator.
a great eye opening doc,notes taken.peace.
“75% pure, un-cut. . .” Well what is the other 25% if it’s not cocaine? Pretty sure that’s cut. Hahaha
Also $40 for a gram? LMAO. Gotta pay at least $65 for anything halfway decent. Then again most coke today is a joke cause everything is cut.
@@nameinvain6yea on the markets is where you find the actual uncut
What website can I go on to get that
For us who are watching this documentary in 2022, the most outrageous information is the price for half a Bitcoin mentioned at 26:52. By the way, I sensed an effort to making Bitcoin/crypto currencies look bad.
End the war on drugs
@ about 3:40 they played that old skool AOL connecting bit, and man did it take me back for a moment lol
That's Skype Call bro
That Whit Hat Hackers desktop gives me a migraine just looking at it🤣🤣🤣
Illegal ... in other words some man / woman said you can't do that ....Free to do as we tell you ..
no person has the right to tell another what they should or should not do
i agree. as long as it has nothing to do with violence or anyone getting hurt. i could care less.
As long as they act in the right which is anything that doesn't cause harm to another person.
sure they do
wow
surprisingly good
thank you
Great video 👍
That moment I realised when he said btc price is $10,000 this news belongs to 2017 lmao😬😂
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Could be 20 no?
I hate to sound like I'm advocating for criminals, but why was I not surprised to learn that he died in prison from an "apparent" suicide? Just another example of why there are laws in countries that give you some protection from the government.
I am also extremely curious how a guy that is allegedly so smart in the computer world is so dumb to use an email that directly links him. I guess he thought that since he was in Thailand he wouldn't be bothered.
Hubris. He wasn't THAT talented of a developer. I also don't think he was aware that email was being used for the password reset system. Why you would use an old hotmail address linked to your real identity for testing your tor hidden service's password reset system? I have absolutely no idea. But I imagine he intended to swap it out before going live, apparently it was only for the first month or so of operations that the email was leaking.
nah I think the people that made this doc are lying. theres just no way that guy would be that dumb to do that. I understand mistakes happen sure. but when your operating a thing on this level youre just simply NOT going to make that kind of dumb mistake
@@tyreesneed Maybe they had to come up with an alternate reason? It's entirely possible that the police wouldn't tell them exactly how they figured it out and tied it to him? IDK If it IS the real reason, that had to be the dumbest move ever by a criminal.
@@tyreesneed bruh I can guarantee they are not. I interacted with this guy when he was just doing fraud and he wasn't some genius criminal mastermind. He had a huge ego and thought he was untouchable, even though he wasn't very competent as a developer. People were blackmailing him with his leaked personal info the entire time Alphabay was operating, he just didn't realize the FBI and DEA had been given the same info too.
Criminals aren’t necessarily bad, he wasn’t doing anything wrong
What's even more funny is the site has been redone by OG's that didn't get caught in the original platform bust and now AlphaBay is the number one market again
What cloud service is least likely to pull your website down? Google cloud, Alibaba cloud, etc.. ?
If anything, you should let these markets thrive to an extent. It would remove a lot of violence from the street for one. Plus, everytime you shut one down, 10 more will pop up..sort of like cracking down on a specific cartel....they'll split into 3 more cartels lolss means more violence etc etc ...soooo
13:37 Alexandre overlooked this loophole -- he used his hotmail address _(an old email domain name by Microsoft)_ to notify the newly registered users of AlphaBay. Either he didn't know that there were onion-only email addresses to sent, or it was too late for Tor network to witness onion mails. He should have used an onion mail to notify the new users, and incentivised them to register their email accounts in the onion network. Gmail, Outlook mail, Yahoo mail could easily track your location and content.
Or he was proud
lol really? they linked him to his paypal, where he used the same email
This is the best instruction manual ever lol.
Good information. But the legends are back. Silver road is back.
It's funny to watch this knowing the website is back up.
"a computer genius". Who inboxes new users that can be law enforcement his personal email in a welcome message. Huh.
“In 2014 the most infamous dark web market, Alpha Bay is launched”
Silk Road : can someone explain infamous
Amazing video. 😮
Maybe Alex was just a regular at alpha Bay and eventually they made him Admin when they knew the feds were onto them. Poor Alex was really excited to be given time admin job thinking now he could kick and limit users 😶
Well, someone got hold of his Bitcoin accounts and got him whacked. That someone/somebodies could be multi-billionaire by now.
Great job. He did great work for the world!
Bot
damn right. Dont know where i'd be with out the D web
wacthing this while smoking weed i bought from alphabay, nice content bruv
Same way they caught the Silk Road dude.
For someone who was so tedious with his security why did he use a hotmail email address he’s asking to get caught
Because he clearly hadn't thought how far the project would work. Was just a forum board and a email and then next of all you're the owner of the biggest black market on earth. Pretty easy to forget you left a message on a form board
@@abraxasfraxinus7744 Exactly. I’m sure he was just messing around not expecting it to go anywhere. A good reminder to take everything seriously from day one especially for less than legal things.
the common denominator of this bust and the silk road bust was a Roose distraction to divert their attention away from the computer used to access the site.
"A computer genius with an IQ of 142." but still overlooked the fact his welcome e-mails weren't using a spoofed addressed. I guess he was more into pimping than he was into being a computer genius.
edit: I can't believe his listed skills were all of those things including "E-mail Hosting" yet as above so below.
For real thoooo!!! 😂😂😂
"cybercrime causes 60000000 quadrilons of millions of trillions of losses to the government" but how? by not paying taxes aka protection tax to the system
More free open marketplaces need to open, as many as the stars in the sky... With diamonds
Dr. Magda is the person who unknowingly enables or justifies the terminology such as people with drugs for sale are Criminal's. They are not. The ones who invoke Dangerous activities or something to that kind of nature is what gives these drugs such dangerous reputations.
13:25 😂🤣 stop taking pills brah 💊
Something about this documentary seems very unfair. Like I don't feel law safe after watching this. I don't feel free. Government is doing to much.
I dont like how this darkweb info is out in the open. This shouldn’t be made available to general public even for educational purpose.
Great great job. There's a plethora of other market places just in line for their time to be nunber 1. Have fun essentially playing whack-a-mole!
thank you US navy for creating TOR. now i am able to buy lsd for 10x cheaper than on the streets
I'm only a short train ride from the epicenter of East Coast fentanyl. The dispensaries got smart and weed is now a bit more expensive on the streets so there's less weed guys around. Since we're stuck with capitalism for now all drugs should be legal. Saves $ long-term since less people die from bs or get locked up. Everyone wins. Worked for cannabis.
10K a bitcoin... today it sits around 40K 😬
I always felt this story was more crazy than Silk Road.
I'm halfway through and so far it's been pretty boring I hope it gets a little better
@@adamhearts9195 right? Same
The graphics are just RIDUCULOUS! How insulting to endure.
A "computer genius" that uses his personal email address for site admin duties on a DWM that he runs, is not in any way a computer genius - he is just a very naughty boy!
Difficult to believe that part of the story is true.
Crazy to think that some (probably all) of the people running these illegal marketplaces have watched this documentary (and all the other ones) in order to make sure they don't get caught. They might see this comment!
This is exactly what im talking about. What is the point of making this documentary and put this info out there
For some reason I’m actually rooting for them. It’s the underdog in the cat and mouse game, the one that has to keep outsmarting the whole system
Screw the government. As long as nobody is hurting someone else, people should be free to do whatever they want. If they choose to use drugs, that's their business.
@@bestprice1776 there’s probably an extent to which you should protect people against themselves no? Because in case of heroin or drugs like that, at a certain point people don’t wanna use anymore but they’re stuck, they have no choice but to use. And everything falls apart
@@jelle5859 hamburger helper doesn't work unless the hamburger actually wants the help
With that work resume he got, i wonder how easily he fail?! unbelivable...
I just realized. Tor was designed by the government. They can just shut down Tor browser 🍕🍕
pretty cool you hooked up that guy with a $7500 physical card.
I Dont know that for sure. But would be a smart idea in order to see people doing there. Cuz some people are in fact dangerous to society.
Watching this as I smoke some weed that I bought on the darkweb lol
what kinda bozo buys weed on the dark web lol ... wow ura major fail.
what replaced ab
@@Someone-ox1oh 😂😂😂😂
Alexander Cases should given a title of a genius,
It's amazing they didn't catch him quicker
It hard to believe that someone that intelligent used a hardwired personal email... and that he didn't start fresh the day he decided to break bad.
I don't believe that it was that simple.
You gotta remember this is the same people who claim to have hacked the crypto wallets of the pipeline extortionist last year 🤣
I ordered a few things from there back in 2014/15. Was so sad when it got took down. Then they took down dream market and today there isn't a market as good as one of those 2 which sells everything. And in case any fed is watching, I ordered weed, its decriminalized in my country and since I ordered in the "legal" amounts there is no reason to even bother investigating or whatsoever. But feel free to do so if its really needed lol
What’s a good site today?
@@DuyHoang-ns7wq idk. Since they took those two down I didnt order much
@@DuyHoang-ns7wq asap
@@samhulskemper3881 What's asap
Alphabay is back
I dream of the day I can hire a team to do those accessing for me as they focus on the script and delivery
About to lose hope on this until I meant him thanks for the package you sent I got my stuff out of it.
Huh?
He never intended to be caught, he had an "exit strategy" the whole time and he executed it flawlessly.
No pun needed.
😂 That or they Epstein'd him, Thats what his partner who still runs alpha bay claims.
Don't know how recent this documentary is, but the QR code at 27:15 still points to a functioning wallet that's been used as recently as a few months ago. Commenting in March 2023.
Can u give more explanation?
Have yall ever considered using a narrator instead of frequent text in your vidoes? I'll often watch while walking so it kind of dulls the enjoyment for me, and I imagine many others like to listen while doing something else
Alphabay and Agora were the two best markets ever besides the original Silk Road
What about Dream Market, Monopoly and Versus?
@@hmalik5232 Alphabay is back and reclaiming their spot at the top.
@@cybersecconsultants8766 yeh I know, it’s good news, I hope it’s not law enforcement or something
@@hmalik5232 Some people are sceptical. That's for sure.
@@cybersecconsultants8766 yeh, I think De Snake verified himself with crypto wallets or something. They probably wanted Verses to go and played a role in it going even though it had some kind of security flaw.
*Your kindness and dedication towards your job shows how professional you’re when it comes to this I’m really happy to encounter your skills*
where's the one ran by the fbi so I can have a very muscular postal worker hand deliver it to my front door?
Don’t open it for 7 days and see if the birds are hovering around your apartment or the white van before you partake.
They forgot to update this. Partner DeSNAKE relaunched AlphaBay in 2021 and it's currently up and running
Alpha Bay is back so did they really accomplish anything here? the war on drugs is a sham
Nice 10th grader opinion. No one ever thinks arresting a drug dealer is gonna stop drugs. The whole point is enforcing the law lol
These websites should all be legal it’s a much safer way to buy drugs and to get a better quality products the government is always getting in the way
welcome to government “protection”
Your nearly there. Drugs should be legal and regulated
@@Benjamin-om3ih but NOT by corrupt agencies that allow deadly drugs but put cannabis as schedule I. It's all become a money game. Health of humans isn't pharmas desire! The US system is broken on every level & we export our dangerous products & mentality around the world via "aid". If a tiny portion of the billions spent on dangerous & ineffective drug trials were spent on basics of clean water & basic sanitation, we would see improved outcomes. Since private money is often earmarked for vanity projects, agencies hands are tied. What a F'd up system we have!
@@katiekane5247 Overall I couldnt agree more. Im not opposed to the concept of goverment, in fact i largely agree with it. I feel for you guys in the US cause its much worse than what we have in New Zealand.
@@Benjamin-om3ih Portugal is all legal apparently according to big Joe Rogan.
the closest thing we have to cocaine that is legal is caffeine anhydrous
Aint no way brah used his own personal email
I would love to hear the story of the huge darknet heroin dealer that was caught in SF. I can't remember his name but he was caught by the mail patterns being investigated.
Probably talking about the Silk Road founder
Brian Gutierrez-Villasenor? Emil Vladimirov Babadjov?
@@adamkwiatek318 ross
@@adamkwiatek318 yep you got it. Blime-sub, emil babadjov
@@BIKEBLADESKATE no, not Ross Ulbricht. I know his case inside and out. I've read everything, including his chat logs and trial's court transcripts. He truly was set up by the FBI, which an agent originally suggest a contract killing, and not only offered to do it, but pressured him into it. Two agents involved in his case went to jail themselves, including the one who pretended to be a hells angel and offered the contracts. I hope he's freed someday.
Can you get in trouble for buying as a customer? Doing my research on how to buy off the dark web(not really “tech-y”). I just want a personal stash of some pure rock form mdma for concerts.
they could have linked the bitcoin wallets against Coinbase since Coinbase is storing the ID of persons using it. Of courses, they could be using mobile water but some of them may have used coinbase
Lots of other, and better markets on the web. This one was the easiest to take down.
what others are there like whats the adresses
So the dark web "mastermind" had his Hotmail email address in the alphabay welcome email? 😂😂😂👌
Where can I go to get stuff on the dark Web website
The best ever
LOL this guy had horrific opsec. Who tf would use their own PERSONAL Hotmail to send out illicit emails? My god.