[2016-11-24] Former Cop Charged with Selling Fake IDs for Bitcoin on the Darknet

[tyz]

Former Cop Charged with Selling Fake IDs for Bitcoin on the Darknet

A former Australian police officer has been charged with selling fake IDs on the darknet, according to ABC news. The man is identified as James Goris, a 44-year-old from Castlemaine. He was a police officer up until 2010, according to reports.

https://hacked.com/former-cop-charged-selling-fake-ids-dark-net/

[Dassi]

Poor out-of-work dude trying to make a few bucks by the side. He would have been better off flipping burgers.

[okae]

And one more time we have here a news about using bitcoin illegally, for some people this is more important than highlight the fact that there is a corrupt police... some people continue fighting against bitcoin and still dont understand that the change is coming and is inevitable.

[Karartma1]

This guy tried his luck on the dark net: it's not the first it wo'nt be the last. Once again this shows us something very clear which is that Bitcoin does not guarantee anonimity. But we already knew that.

[Slow death]

He committed serious infractions

Reportedly, Goris was manufacturing and selling fake federal police ID cards, maritime and aviation security passes, and computer equipment. These would be sent to buyers via Australia Post express and promised those who bought them easy access at police stations, a notion the defense rejected in court.

These people who buy fake federal police ID cards, Buy for what purpose?

Sold for Bitcoin on Alphabay

Goris used a darknet market called AlphaBay to sell these items for bitcoin, rather than Monero. Police describe it as “eBay for criminals”, as covert investigators from the E-crime squad and Crime Command bought items worth $5000 during the investigation.

He is very committed to commit crime and with that attitude, he associates bitcoin with crime.