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How Crypto, the Dark Web, and Fentanyl Deaths Are Connected (Keven Hendricks)


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Episode 54: Keven Hendricks, a 20-year law enforcement veteran, pulls back the curtain on the dark web and the connections with cybercrime and drug sales.

“Cryptocurrency, whether you like it or not, is a means of moving wealth that is being used by bad guys.” — Keven Hendricks

Erin West sits down with Keven Hendricks — 20-year law enforcement veteran, former task force officer with both the FBI and DEA, and expert in dark web investigations, cryptocurrency, and privacy coins. What started as a crash course in Bitcoin and illicit online markets in 2014 became a career-defining passion. Keven has spent the years since pushing law enforcement to catch up to the criminals it is trying to stop.

Four Things You'll Learn about the Dark Web
  1. The dark web isn’t what you think — and that misunderstanding is deadly.
  2. Prosecutors and chiefs are the missing link in fighting cybercrime.
  3. Overdose deaths are crime scenes, not medical events.
  4. Pull the thread far enough and the crimes are all connected.
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    Episode notes and video: https://operationshamrock.org/podcast/stolen

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