Cyberbunker leaders face prison as appeal falls flat
A German court rejected the appeal against the hefty sentences given to the management of Cyber bunker for hosting deep web black markets on their servers. The German Federal Court of Justice largely upheld the defendants’ convictions in the so-called “Cyber bunker trial” in a ruling on Sept. 12, 2023. The eight defendants’ sentences between 1 and 5 years 9 months of prison have not been overturned. The development follows recent reports that the appeal was filed following the December 2021 sentencing for managing the web hosting company located in a former NATO bunker . You might also like: German hosting stored in NATO bunker confronts TornadoCash-like verdict The case was highlighted as legal “new ground” since the hosting company had no proven involvement with the illegal websites it hosted, allowing any content except child pornography and terrorism. The group was charged for enabling over 250,000 illicit transactions on crypto...