Dark Web Saga: DeSnake resurfaces to resurrect AlphaBay

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According to the Thai press, Crazes lived in Thailand for eight years and was married to a Thai woman. He is also reported to have committed suicide in his cell at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau building in the Laksi district in Bangkok. Cazes allegedly died 8 days after his arrest. His death was on July 5. And that is also the day AlphaBay disappeared.

When Cazes, who listed his occupation as “computer programmer”  was arrested, police impounded everything. He had four luxury Lamborghinis registered in his name. He owned three houses with a combined value of 400 million baht (or $11.7 million dollars).

Cazes never went to trial.

Where did all the Bitcoin go?

When Alphabay went offline, Reddit users discovered that a large sum of bitcoin, totaling 1,479.03904709 BTC ($3.857 million) was transferred from a bitcoin wallet known to be used by those behind the site to other bitcoin wallets. 

It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s a rumor on the Dark Web. There has been speculation that one of the co-founders was able to shut down their servers before they were seized by police. Did Desnake, also known as Alpha02 close the site down himself and flee with the funds?