Jack Recider

but also had pride of where they came from.

Alberto, of course, dated while he was in high school and hooked up with girls who were also from the Dominican Republic.

One of them he got serious with.

He met her family.

She met his family.

Everyone was getting along and they fell in love.

He finished high school and then started working just basic jobs.

They weren't great, but fine as a teenager.

I guess that made him a struggler.

He worked hard to scrape up enough to pay the bills.

Think like cashier, delivery jobs, stuff like that.

And this was also the case for his other friends from the D.R.

Elvis.

For instance, he was a school bus driver and also was a delivery driver for Domino's Pizza.

But I bet Alberto dreamed about getting a better job.

A job that would pay him more for his wits and his cleverness.

Because Alberto definitely thought he was a clever person.

Alberto went online a lot in 2012, when he was in his early 20s.

And he was really good at computers, so he eventually found his way to places that most people never go.

the dark web, a place where it's not uncommon to find illegal online marketplaces, forums discussing crime and other dark topics.