Kosovo National Pleads Guilty To Operating An Online Criminal Marketplace

Liridon Masurica, also known as “@blackdb,” has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida. He was the lead administrator of BlackDB[.]cc, an online criminal marketplace in operation from 2018 until 2025, which offered for sale compromised account and server credentials, credit card information, and other personally identifiable information primarily located in the United States, including within the Middle District of Florida.

Masurica, a Kosovan citizen and resident, was taken into custody in Kosovo on 12 December 2024 and later extradited to the United States under the extradition treaty between the United States and the Republic of Kosovo. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, with a sentencing date yet to be set.

The case was led by the FBI in cooperation with Kosovo Police’s Cybercrime Investigation Directorate, with substantial assistance from the FBI’s Legal Attaché Office in Sofia and the Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs. Prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Carlton C. Gammons.