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Feds: Fugitive Who Sold Mail-Order Fentanyl To NJ Customers On Dark Web Indicted On 14 Counts Feds: Fugitive Who Sold Mail-Order Fentanyl To NJ Customers On Dark Web Indicted On 14 Counts
Feds: Fugitive Who Sold Mail-Order Fentanyl To NJ Customers On Dark Web Indicted On 14 Counts A fugitive who sold mail-order fentanyl on the dark web while being pursued by authorities in Canada for nearly two years was indicted on federal charges in New Jersey on Tuesday following a Homeland Security investigation. Michael C. Wozney, a 38-year-old Canadian national from Ontario, was a fugitive when he slung the potentially fatal drug in various dark net marketplaces, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. This included hundreds of transactions in the Empire Market, according to a 14-count indictment that Sellinger said was returned by a grand jury in Newark on Jan. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Remains Found 40 Years Ago In Canada ID'd As NJ Murder Victim, Police Say Remains Found 40 Years Ago In Canada ID'd As NJ Murder Victim, Police Say
Remains Found 40 Years Ago In Canada ID'd As NJ Murder Victim, Police Say Remains found nearly 40 years ago in Canada have been identified as a New Jersey man, authorities announced. The remains of Theodore Frederick Kampf, 46 -- formerly of Camden County -- were found in a wooded area near the North Fork Dam and Dempster Highway in Yukon Territory in 1983, Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced. He had travelled from New Jersey to Yukon in July 1981, and his family reported him missing in October after he stopped contacting them. Despite an extensive investigation at the time by Yukon RCMP, the identity of the remains had never been identified. In 2…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Digital Blackmail': FBI Hunts Iranian Duo Named In $30M International 'Ransomware' Plot 'Digital Blackmail': FBI Hunts Iranian Duo Named In $30M International 'Ransomware' Plot
'Digital Blackmail': FBI Hunts Iranian Duo Named In $30M International 'Ransomware' Plot Two Iranian men were being sought by the FBI for what one official called “21st-century digital blackmail” that netted them more than $6 million while racking up over $30 million in losses to hospitals, municipalities and public agencies across North America. Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, operated an international computer hacking and extortion racket for more than 2½ years, a grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court in Newark charges. Working from inside Iran, Savandi and Mansouri authored “SamSam Ransomware” that was “capa…

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by Jerry DeMarco