Darknet’s JokerStash Retiring After Making Over $1B Through Illicit Transactions - CoinDesk

Crypto sleuthing firm Elliptic says one of the world's most prolific cybercriminals is going out on their own terms.

Tanzeel Akhtar

Feb 12, 2021 at 10:00 p.m.

The founder of “Joker’s Stash,” one of the largest underground marketplaces for stolen payment card data, is officially retiring after making a fortune of over $1 billion, reports Elliptic, a U.K.-based blockchain analytics firm.

According to an Elliptic blog post, the site’s pseudonymous founder, JokerStash, said the site will cease operations on Feb. 15. Joker’s Stash was founded in 2014 and quickly rose to prominence.