Were people scammed out of their cryptocurrency? The site went offline earlier this month. What actually happened might shock you.

• An arrest was made on July 5th. The suspect allegedly committed suicide while in custody shortly thereafter in Thailand.

• The U.S. Justice Department announced today that a joint operation between the United States, Thailand, Lithuania, Canada, Britain and France was successful in seizing computer servers.

• FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe said AlphaBay was ten times larger than Silk Road.

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