FBI: Teen sold bomb threats

An Israeli teen accused of making more than 100 bomb threats to U.S. schools and Jewish community centers since January sold his bomb threat services on the dark web, where he offered to frame people for the threats, the FBI alleges.

Michael Kadar, 19, was arrested in Israel in March, under suspicion that he was behind a wave of bomb threats targeting U.S. institutions. When Israeli police raided the Kadar’s bedroom, they found a flash drive containing the teen’s personal records on his alleged bomb threats. Kadar wasn’t just making the threats for fun, U.S. officials allege in newly unsealed court documents: files allegedly revealed that he was running a bomb threat business on the dark web marketplace AlphaBay. 

Beginning February 8, Kadar allegedly joined the dark web market AlphaBay under the username “Darknet_Legend.” Until its closure by U.S. authorities in July, AlphaBay was the world’s largest online market for illicit goods, which ranged from drugs to fake IDs to illegal services like bomb threats, which Kadar allegedly provided.

“I have saved email bomb threat texts when I email the bomb threat,” Kadar allegedly advertised in an AlphaBay post under the name Darknet_Legend. “If you request that I send the school a custom email text that you wrote then give me the bomb threat text that you wrote in the buyer notes and I will send the school the text you provided.”

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