Kim Reece is now a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal.
Listen to article Criminal analyst, Kim Reece, has been nominated as a finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for her efforts in shutting down a major child porn site.
News of the nomination came on May 28.According to the announcement, Reece's work led to an international criminal investigation of the largest dark web child pornography site in the world.
This site used cryptocurrencies to cloak payments for more than one million video downloads.
This resulted in the arrest of the site's leader, and more than 330 users.
Korean National Police also arrested Jong Woo, one of the illicit project's leaders, and seized the server used to run the illegal site.
Over 8 TB of child porn content seizedAccording to the law enforcement agents behind the investigation, almost 8 TB of child sexual pornography content was seized.
The site generated profits from the sale of pornographic content using Bitcoin, with trades completed through a dedicated forum.
According to the indictment on March 5, 2018, the site itself boasted over one million downloads by users.
Capacity to host almost one million usersResearch indicates that each user received a unique BTC address when they created an account on the site.
Analyst Who Helped Topple Crypto Child Exploitation Site Honored
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