CRTC Inquiry Targets Dark Web Marketplace Sellers and Administrator

Four Canadians have been fined a total of $300,000 by the CRTC’s Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer for their engagement in the Dark Web marketplace Canadian HeadQuarters (also known as CanadianHQ). Following the execution of warrants by CRTC employees, the marketplace was taken offline. 

CanadianHQ was one of the largest Dark Web marketplaces in the world before it was closed down, and it played a pivotal role in damaging cyber operations in Canada. It specializes in the selling of spamming services, phishing kits, stolen passwords, and accessibility to infected systems, which were utilized by buyers to carry out a variety of malicious activities. 

The CRTC’s inquiry centered on four people who reportedly sent emails that looked like they came from well-known companies in order to gain personal information like credit card numbers and banking information. 

The following people have been fined for violating Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) by sending commercial electronic messages without consent: 

• $150,000 Chris Tyrone Dracos (a.k.a. Poseidon) 

• $50,000 Marc Anthony Younes (a.k.a. CASHOUT00 and Masteratm) 

• $50,000 – Souial Amarak (a.k.a. Wealtyman and Supreme) 

• $50,000 Moustapha Sabir (a.k.a. La3sa) 

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