
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


To most, Lin Rui-siang appeared to be a hardworking early career programmer and cyber security expert working for the Taiwanese embassy in St Lucia. But on May 18th he was arrested at JFK by US homeland security. The 23-year-old is thought to be the mastermind king pin ‘Pharaoh’, the creator and operator of one of the dark web's most notorious online drug marketplaces. Over the past few years Lin is accused of overseeing the sale of millions of dollars’ worth of illicit substances and eventually even using the site to steal from and extort his clientele. But who is this mysterious alleged cyber-criminal, and how was he able to present such a respectable face to the world?
By ABCTo most, Lin Rui-siang appeared to be a hardworking early career programmer and cyber security expert working for the Taiwanese embassy in St Lucia. But on May 18th he was arrested at JFK by US homeland security. The 23-year-old is thought to be the mastermind king pin ‘Pharaoh’, the creator and operator of one of the dark web's most notorious online drug marketplaces. Over the past few years Lin is accused of overseeing the sale of millions of dollars’ worth of illicit substances and eventually even using the site to steal from and extort his clientele. But who is this mysterious alleged cyber-criminal, and how was he able to present such a respectable face to the world?

100 Listeners

76 Listeners

69 Listeners

92 Listeners

15 Listeners

45 Listeners

1,741 Listeners

844 Listeners

776 Listeners

16 Listeners

24 Listeners

90 Listeners

60 Listeners

46 Listeners

13 Listeners

464 Listeners

159 Listeners

1,057 Listeners

17 Listeners

11 Listeners

192 Listeners

118 Listeners

1,004 Listeners

49 Listeners