“As the administrator of the Nemesis darknet marketplace, Parsarad sought to build — and continues to try to re-establish — a safe haven to facilitate the production, sale, and shipment of illegal narcotics like fentanyl and other synthetic opioids,” said Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley Smith, who noted that Treasury worked with U.S. law enforcement agencies on the action. Iranian national Behrouz Parsarad was accused by U.S. officials of being the sole administrator behind Nemesis, a platform that allegedly allowed cybercriminals and drug traffickers to sell their wares and launder the resulting funds. The Iran-based administrator behind a darknet marketplace was sanctioned by the Treasury Department on Tuesday, one year after the platform was taken down in a law enforcement operation. Law enforcement agencies have increased the tempo of darknet marketplace takedowns in recent years in an effort to limit the amount of platforms available to drug traffickers and cybercriminals.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:45:21 +0000