DeepDotWeb Operator Sentenced to Eight Years for Role in $8.4 million Kickback Scheme

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An Israeli national was sentenced to 97 months in prison in connection with operating the DeepDotWeb (DDW), a website that connected internet users with darknet marketplaces.

From 2013, Prihar (37) and co-defendant Michael Phan (34), started operating DeepDotWeb and provided a platform for Dark Web news and links to marketplaces, redirecting visitors to their .onion addresses — websites that are not available via standard search engines in the clear web.

The conviction of Tal Prihar, 37, was announced last week by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung for the Western District of Pennsylvania for money laundering and was ordered to forfeit $8,414,173, ASUS laptop, iPhone, and accounts at various cryptocurrency exchanges such as Kraken, Binance and OKCoin.

Prihar had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in March 2021, almost two years after his arrest and the site’s seizure, while Phan remains in Israel and is currently undergoing extradition proceedings.

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