Upcoming high profile large vendor busts in the EU possibilty involving US vendors.

I just wrote a long post but and accidentally deleted it, so unfortunately or fortunately here is a shorter version. I can answer more tomorrow night.

I know this is pure hearsay but i'm not looking to start negativity

A friend is high(ish) up in the UK HR Revenue & Customs, he knows i dabble in BTC and other wares. He said that a large operation is underway involving several countries in the EU and the US although he didn't mention any US vendors to me. He said postal services, especially Royal Mail have been inspecting parcels and police have successfully profiled several vendors. 1 or 2 have been arrested and one has been compromised and his being used on the Silkroad forums.

He said this was all to do with the recent announcement of the EU based crackdown on DNMs but said this had already been in effect for a while and was surprisingly spearheaded by Holland. Now remember he said this to me face to face so i can't copy and paste everything but using what i remembered i was able to get the fll usernames for the vendors and give you most the info he gave me accurately.

The vendors named were

Cornettos

Bungee54

Domopost

He named others but i can't remember them. Also mentioned about a new scanner being deployed used by Royal Mail but said it was about terrorism.

Final edit he mentioned something about North London but that may of been the location of the scanner

Update:

Found the forum posts i mentioned from Cornetto

We were targeted, they ordered from us daily. They must have to get prooldiucts from all locations.

ITS NOT SAFE FOR US TO RESHIP ANYTHING AS WE STRONGLY BELIEVE ADDRESSES COMPROMISED. THEY CANNOT ACTUALLY PROVE AS NOTHING CAN COME OF IT, SO DONT ADMIT ANYTHING. ALTHOUGH ADDRESSES NOT MARKED YET - THEY MAY BE IN THE FUTURE. JUST TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF YOUR ORDERING LARGER QUANTITIES OR CLASS A DRUGS FROM ANYWHERE.

WE PREFER TO RESHIP TO NEW ADDRESSES. WE DO NOT HAVE A PGP KEY YET.

As I said the LE theory is strongly what I believe. So much so we are on serious alert >and waiting for things to unfold.

And

Like I said, please CHANGE DROPS IF ORDERED FROM US. That is all i ask The shit has hit the fan, its only a matter of time, something wil come of this, I know it.


Comments


[22 Points] None:

I'm usually reaching for my tin foil hat halfway through these posts but this actually seems very plausable


[17 Points] InfinitelyOutThere:

I'm not gonna say i believe this, but to lend credence to your story: 2 bulk packages of MDMA from Bungee and 2 lbs from domopost got seized from associates of mine. These packages had never been seized before and had come in multiple times to different drops. They were seized from separate places at the same time. Sketchy.....


[18 Points] None:

Jesus fucking Christ, of course this would explain Bungee's issues. Am I still dumb enough to get that reship? Probably


[7 Points] seriouslynowwtf:

cornettos would make sense, there was a HUGE bust in the UK around the time they 'relocated' and got alot more scammy and weird after that.


[8 Points] Big_Daddy_Trucknutz:

My bullshit detector has a hair trigger but consider me intrigued since all 3 of the "high profile" vendors you named seem to be having some sort of issues with packages not arriving. What else can you tell us?


[5 Points] domopoststatus:

domopost already exit scammed


[6 Points] None:

Thank you for both taking the time to post what you are able, as well as explain how you learned this and acknowledging that you are unable to prove it but are still offering the information you have.

A lot of people get on here and post "xyz is a scammer" or "something is going to happen" then go on to day how everyone needs to just believe them and refuse to offer any evidence whatsoever. People by nature - especially in forums like this - don't tend to just trust people at their word, since almost everyone is playing some form of hiding game themselves. Then people get angry when they're not taken seriously. I do think a lot of those reports are in earnest, but without realizing that internet claims are just that, they don't tend to carry much weight.

It's impossible of course to know exactly what is going on, but nothing you say sounds outrageous and it's strengthened by your honest approach. I am sure everyone really appreciates it and you've most likely spared quite a few people some serious headaches in the near future.


[3 Points] TXT1:

Also he said they've had more seizures in the past 10 days then they do in months. One in the UK was 70 odd packages (last week perhaps). And one was a couple were found after being returned to the sender.

I don't have much more info I'm afraid it was a night and chat spent under the influence of a lot of alcohol.


[4 Points] RubxCuban:

Sooo its Bungee54 compromised or just profiled?


[3 Points] creamynebula:

If bungee was arrested i'm royally fucked.


[6 Points] TXT1:

A recent post on the forums about Cornettos:

Yesterday, I asked for a refund, and he promised to send the next day today OR EVEN SEND A CAB. I was so happy, that actually didnt think about it this morning. HAS ANYONE HEARD OF FUCKING CAB DELIVERING DRUgS? I mean this is an absolute bollocks. I got a bit paranoid actually. Maybe the guy has already been busted by police, and now going to bust buyers of bulk orders, cause I see there are plenty of us here.

http://silkroad5v7dywlc.onion/index.php?topic=48928.msg914020#msg914020

And a post by Heromember SlyFox:

http://silkroad5v7dywlc.onion/index.php?topic=51029.msg919747#msg919747

Ol' Corn dog sent me a message. I won't say what it is but fucking hell cornettos please keep that info to yourself.

OPSEC is something that is taking seriously here.. I would do what you asked but 1) I don't have a vendors account 2) I don't want ANYTHING to do with you 3) No adress will be given. 4) USE PGP FOR FUCKS SAKE! You're lucky i delete messages stright after reading them but come on that did not just risk you but others. Now be a man and re-fund the money or walk away and never come back.

Look it might not be scamming on the slim chance you might have been fucked by LE but that dosn't excuse your behavour. Please I suggest being more careful.


[4 Points] Bungee54:

Okay guys, do you rREALLY believe this BS that some random stranger claims to have heard from a friend!? If so, you should really get a break from the interwebs for a few days. Everytime there is an issue, you can bet a key that there will be FUD spreading within 2-3 days - and it's always on reddit where nobody can point out who actually really is behind it. Please stop claiming that "no orders are arriving" - if there is a max of 30 people on all forums that report issues with delays! The thing is, it is always the same people on a daily base. This creates an overly dramatic hype. Do you really think this is the majority of our customers? Why is nobody mentioning the forum post about arrivals?
You would like to know why we seldom post on the forums atm? Because we are busy taking care of tickets and messages. We simply cannot give you the attention (that you might deserve) here because there are people posting new tickets ever 2nd hour because their order to the east coast has taken longer than 6 days. And yeah..many of those post erratically because the have read shit on reddit. Do you really think all the market sites, our shop and forums would still be up and running and people giving feedback about arrivals of their orders on DAILY bases - if our account was compromised? This time "Not sorry for the rant folks "- this is getting so freakin` ridiculous...... Yes we are very aware of the current delays and are investigation a lot on the causes. But so far the only informations we are getting, have been pretty vague.
Yes, some delayed orders have taken too long to be simply affected by mailing issues. So the crack down of Belgium customs might be an explanation because this means mail is held back. But we do not know for sure if this is the problem. If the order doesn't make it through we will take care of you - like we always did. Period. I would like to know WHO OF YOU has ever been let down by us? We have taken care of everybody - sometimes even if you where the ones that screwed things up. But hey it's always easy to forget that right ;) That's it from my side - there are clients that need to be taken care of. To all you whom keep up the support and try to help the situation - Bungee54 crew salutes you! As mentioned, CJ will get back to you with some details on future plans pretty soon, stay tuned.


[2 Points] isbungeegonnadeliver:

Heard something about german vendors like The Interways ? We need more names OP


[3 Points] Zombie21st:

Damn it! Right when I'm looking for some international hook ups! Now I'm all paranoid


[3 Points] None:

Definitely some weird shit going on.

Obvious that Cornetto knew his packages were starting to be profiled. Look at all his recent feedback. Starting at around the same time everything went south.

Has anyone had contact with Bungee recently?


[3 Points] n0000000dz:

Anyone working with interways or have any information on the stability of that crew?

itd be great to do a lot of business with them, but not this EU crackdown has got me worried


[2 Points] thegallantone:

Does Bungee do refunds? God I've been literally this guys hypeman for months and he got way too fucking big for his own good. Hopefully this profiling is done on belgium's side and not on the US's side. As far as I know there have been no love letters or CDs so far.


[2 Points] Calittres:

Man have been so tempted to order from bungee but his stealth and massive operation made me hesitate ...glad I did now.


[2 Points] None:

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[1 Points] Xerxero:

That would suck bungee had some good coke.


[1 Points] Electronic_Melody:

Knowing Bungee team, I think they would have posted in this thread to dispel rumors by now. Really hope this isn't true but I have a bad feeling about it.


[1 Points] SgtFaecesProcessor:

Can't say I'm too surprised. As others have mentioned cornettos has always come across as kinda unprofessional. Someone who I would've been reluctant to do business with if I had wanted something from him. And while I had been hearing a lot of good things about bungee54 it would make sense that his parcels had been profiled considering the considerable delays lately in his parcels arriving. Even if I personally had no reason to buy from him I might have bought a few grams from him in the future to resell.


[1 Points] 13tom13:

I wonder it thats why cornettos feedback looked like he had turned scammer maybe had prior knowledge. I really doubt this crackdown will do much apart from cause people to become even more precautions taking 3 vendors down is at most a 1% decrease in the amount of eu vendors and there would be news story's so its possible more people would consider vending after reading those


[1 Points] PeterSutcliffe:

Well shit, cornettos was one of my favorite vendor's.


[1 Points] Nekrosis13:

Guys, buy up a bunch of BTC right now. Last year when SR got busted, the price for BTC and alts skyrocketed as awareness about cryptocurrencies exploded due to media coverage of the busts.


[1 Points] f0rthelulz:

Not to make anyone paranoid (and maybe the vendors are responding to the same rumours that have been posted here, rather than having their own info), but have a look at the last login time / last stated shipping runs for some of the big big EU vendors who are normally doing daily shipping. Weird.


[1 Points] boredraw:

Domopost is from Canada?


[-6 Points] Bungee54:

Tin Foil at its best !


[-8 Points] None:

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