Hundreds charged after takedown of child exploitation site which made $730K in Bitcoin
A 23-year-old South Korean man is being accused of running the world’s “largest child sexual exploitation market,” which reportedly processed 7,300 Bitcoin transactions worth over $730,000. According to a criminal indictment unsealed today, the now-defunct English-language website known as “Welcome To Video,” featured over 250,000 child exploitation videos – approximately eight terabytes worth of horrific material. US prosecutors say the online marketplace was operated by Jong Woo Son, who is currently serving an 18-month jail sentence in his native South Korea following his conviction on child exploitation charges. Son was arrested on March 5, 2018, when authorities seized the server he…
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