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03-09-2018, 06:34 PM
Dark web marketplace AlphaBay's spokesperson was a 24-year-old Reddit mod
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Moderating an online community spread across numerous platforms and countries can be a challenging task — especially when slipping up means more than angry downvotes.
And Ronald L. Wheeler, III, as long-time spokesperson for and moderator of the dark web marketplace AlphaBay (https://mashable.com/category/alphabay/), is indeed now facing way more than displeased online hordes. Specifically, he's looking at sentencing for fraud.*
SEE ALSO: Dark web marketplace AlphaBay reportedly shut down by authorities (http://mashable.com/2017/07/14/alphabay-bust/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
According to a March 8 statement (https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/alphabay-spokesperson-ronald-l-wheeler-iii-aka-trappy-pleads-guilty-conspiracy) from the Department of Justice, 24-year-old Wheeler (aka "Trappy") worked as the public relations arm of AlphaBay — a site selling guns, drugs, hacking tools, and other delightful treats — for about two years before it was finally shut down by law enforcement (https://mashable.com/2017/07/14/alphabay-bust/) in 2017.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/alphabay-spokesperson-pleaded-guilty/)
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Moderating an online community spread across numerous platforms and countries can be a challenging task — especially when slipping up means more than angry downvotes.
And Ronald L. Wheeler, III, as long-time spokesperson for and moderator of the dark web marketplace AlphaBay (https://mashable.com/category/alphabay/), is indeed now facing way more than displeased online hordes. Specifically, he's looking at sentencing for fraud.*
SEE ALSO: Dark web marketplace AlphaBay reportedly shut down by authorities (http://mashable.com/2017/07/14/alphabay-bust/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
According to a March 8 statement (https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/alphabay-spokesperson-ronald-l-wheeler-iii-aka-trappy-pleads-guilty-conspiracy) from the Department of Justice, 24-year-old Wheeler (aka "Trappy") worked as the public relations arm of AlphaBay — a site selling guns, drugs, hacking tools, and other delightful treats — for about two years before it was finally shut down by law enforcement (https://mashable.com/2017/07/14/alphabay-bust/) in 2017.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/alphabay-spokesperson-pleaded-guilty/)
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