The fees have been reminiscent of events which happened during the"
C***dian HQ" saga.
Former police chief Yuri Zaitsev was sentenced to eight years in prison for acting as a bounty hunter for a dark net market. At that timehe initiated contact with the operator of a darknet marketplace, offering to help hunt down a guy who'd appropriated drugs which were entrusted to him for positioning in dead drops.
In Russia, unlike the U.S., many dark web entrepreneurs do not expect that the post of***e for shipments. The prevailing mode of dissemination of the illegal products is instead completed through dead drops -- a process of delivery by both parties can pass items or information back and forth without ever needing to meet in person.
In accordance with this Main Investi*** Department, the cop obtained the equivalent of 52,000 rubles in Bitcoin (BTC) for his services. At the time, this was equivalent to about $750 U.S. doll, or 0.2 BTC.
Based on Zaitsev's spouse, his prosecution was punishment for investigating senior of***ials within his bureau. He was then fired and prosecuted.