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Empire Market owners charged for enabling $430M in dark web transactions

ID: 96f0dfc1-e6af-5dbc-9e6f-2fd1740c6f3a

STIX ID: report--96f0dfc1-e6af-5dbc-9e6f-2fd1740c6f3a

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2024-06-17

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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The article reports that two individuals who operated the dark web marketplace 'Empire Market' were charged in federal court for facilitating over $430M and 4 million illicit transactions (drugs, stolen cards, counterfeit currency, malware, etc.) between 2018 and 2020; charges include drug distribution, money laundering, counterfeiting, and related conspiracies, and authorities have seized roughly $75M in cryptocurrency and other assets.

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