Empire Market operator gets 40-year prison sentence
A federal court sentenced Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of Empire Market, to 40 years in prison for running the dark web platform from 2017 to 2020. Authorities say Empire Market enabled $430 million in illegal transactions, mainly drug sales, with over 1.68 million registered users. Hamilton had admitted the site used cryptocurrency and anonymity techniques to conceal activity and evade law enforcement.
- Raheim Hamilton ran Empire Market from 2017 to 2020
- Authorities claim $430 million in illegal trades on the site
- Drugs accounted for nearly $375 million of transactions
- Empire Market had over 1.68 million user accounts
- Hamilton admitted the site was built for anonymity
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