⛓ The creator of the darknet marketplace received 30 years in prison
⚖️ 24-year-old Taiwanese citizen Rui-Xiang Lin, known in the darknet by the nickname Pharaoh, has been sentenced in the USA to 30 years of imprisonment.
He has been recognized as the creator and operator of the Incognito Market platform.
💊 From October 2020 to March 2024, the marketplace facilitated:
— $105+ million in illegal sales
— 640,000 transactions
— the main product — drugs
🕵️♂️ The irony is that "anonymity" betrayed itself.
American authorities tracked down Pharaoh through:
— blockchain analysis
— domain registration data, where he provided
📛 real name
📞 phone number
🏠 home address
❗ According to the investigation, the activities of Incognito Market:
— led to at least one death
— exacerbated the opioid crisis
🧠 The case is indicative:
darknet ≠ invisibility
crypto ≠ impunity
📌 Blockchain remembers everything.
The only question is — when and who will match the data.
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