RaidForums gets raided, alleged admin arrested

Post by vsareto » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 8:56 PM UTC

Teandw wrote: post #60

TacticalCoder wrote: post #40

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> Coelho landed on the radar of U.S. authorities in June 2018, when he tried to enter the United States at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. The government obtained a warrant to search the electronic devices Coelho had in his luggage and found text messages, files and emails showing he was the RaidForums administrator Omnipotent I called complete, total and utter bullshit. That's a parallel con…

I think you may have just read the timeline of events incorrectly as what was said makes perfect sense? This was a multi-country investigation. The USA were likely already aware of Coelho so when he entered the US, he was then arrested by US authorities upon landing. It doesn't say his devices were searched there and then. It said a warrant was obtained to search his device, so they would needed to have a valid reaso…

Post by hillsideduck » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 9:12 PM UTC

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Not to mention the following paragraph: >“In an attempt to retrieve his items, Coelho called the lead FBI case agent on or around August 2, 2018, and used the email address unrivalled@pm.me to email the agent,” the government’s affidavit states. Investigators found this same address was used to register rf.ws and raid.lol, which Omnipotent announced on the forum would serve as alternative domain names for RaidForums…

> These people tend not to be the brightest. If they were, they'd generally find legitimate employment, A bit of survivorship bias at work here. Criminal activity is more so a function of risk tolerance than intelligence. However getting caught is certainly a function of intelligence. So your impression is that most criminals you read about being apprehended are people that seem to make many stupid mistakes. But this…

Post by twelventy » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 9:13 PM UTC

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Interesting tweet here[0] saying the site was used to phish credentials since late February this year. Also, who was hosting these guys? I remember in early 2000s (back when milw0rm was a thing) - a lot of sites like this struggled to stay online because nobody wanted to host them. Anyways, that's a pretty stupid way to go out. And, not just because he is at fault or whatever, it sounds like they turned that site int…

Post by jacquesm » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 9:20 PM UTC

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I don't care about the US perspective, I care about his perspective, and for the life of me I can't imagine someone so incredibly convinced of their own ability to hide their tracks that they'd be involved in a multi-year effort like that and think it's smart to go visit the United States. It's not like that would be the first time someone got arrested on entry. If it can happen to the CEO of a large multinational it…

He was running one of the most 'successful' illegal forums for what 7 years? When you get away with something for so long, especially in an 'industry' where you know every law enforcement in the world is after you, I can see why you would easily think you're invincible and never getting caught. He was incredibly convinced of his own ability to hide his tracks because technically up to that point, his ability to hide…

Post by jacquesm » Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 9:26 PM UTC

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Indeed. But that doesn't really matter in the eyes of the law, he's no longer a minor. If he had been a bit more clever he would have stopped doing any of that the day he turned 18.

It is not about law enforcement either. It's about debating whether he's the sharpest tool in the shed or not. I contend that running such a criminal enterprise is no easy feat for a teenager despite the rookie mistakes he committed.