How a Single Bitcoin Address Brought Down the Dark‑Web King

The article recounts how hacker Kai Logan West, known as IntelBroker, abandoned his Monero‑only policy for a $250 Bitcoin payment, allowing FBI investigators to trace the transaction through KYC‑linked services and ultimately expose his identity, leading to his arrest.

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How a Single Bitcoin Address Brought Down the Dark‑Web King

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Apr 11, 2026 · Information Security

How I Tracked and Sent the World’s Top Three Crypto Social‑Engineering Scammers to Prison

A 2.43 billion‑dollar Bitcoin heist was unraveled not by hacking code but by exploiting human psychology, as the investigator detailed the four‑step social‑engineering ploy, traced the perpetrators across multiple exchanges, and documented their eventual arrests worldwide.

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