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Empire cybercrime market owner pleads guilty to drug conspiracy

  • Sergiu Gatlan--BleepingComputer
  • published date: 2026-01-28 17:19:02 UTC

​A Virginia man who co-created Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces at the time, pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug conspiracy charges for facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions from 2018 to 2020. [...]

​A Virginia man who co-created Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces at the time, pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug conspiracy charges for facilitating $430 million in illegal t… [+3158 chars]