What Happened in the Darknet Crypto Seizure? Australian cybercrime investigators have seized 52 Bitcoin valued at 5.7 million Australian dollars, or about $4.1 million, in what authorities described as one of the country’s largest actions targeting a darknet marketplace using cryptocurrency. Strike Force Andalusia, part of the State Crime Command’s Cyber Crime Squad, carried out the operation following a 15-month investigation. Police arrested two suspects linked to a darknet marketplace allegedly operatin ...