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📅 08 October 2026 at 04:30 PM UTC

Owner of Empire cybercrime market gets 40 years in prison

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The co-creator of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions from 2018 to 2020. [...]
Publication Reference: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/owner-of-empire-cybercrime-market-gets-40-years-in-prison/
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