Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 30 Years for Operating Dark Web Crypto-Based Narcotics Marketplace

Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 30 Years for Operating Dark Web Crypto-Based Narcotics Marketplace

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Rui-Siang Lin, operating under the alias 'Pharaoh,' has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for masterminding Incognito Market, a dark web platform responsible for distributing $105 million worth of illegal narcotics through crypto-based transactions.

The owner of the dark web marketplace Incognito Market has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for running what prosecutors describe as one of the world’s largest online narcotics platforms. Rui-Siang Lin, who operated under the alias “Pharaoh,” pleaded guilty in late 2024 to conspiring to distribute drugs, money laundering and selling adulterated […]