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Using Chainalysis’s secret technique, Levin discovered that AlphaBay’s server wasn’t in the Netherlands—as previously thought based on a source’s tip to the DEA—but in Lithuania. This last-minute revelation spared Operation Bayonet from an embarrassing error. 10/14 — PolitiTweet.org

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Two days later, Jonathan Levin, cofounder of Chainalysis, made another key discovery that would alter the course of the investigation: He decided to try an experimental method to discover the IP address of the AlphaBay server. How it works, Chainalysis has never revealed. 9/14 — PolitiTweet.org

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With the location of the server confirmed, nearly 20 American agents descended upon Bangkok. As they made final preparations for Cazes' arrest, they brainstormed solutions to the central problem: how to catch the kingpin red-handed, with his devices unlocked and vulnerable. 11/14 https://t.co/WrQ555J1ay — PolitiTweet.org

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