Kingdom Market administrator given 16-year sentence
Slovakian national Alan Bill, 33, pleaded guilty in January to a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances charge after admitting to his role in running Kingdom Market — a platform used by drug dealers and cybercriminals between March 2021 and December 2023.
One of the leading figures behind a popular dark web marketplace was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison this week.
Slovakian national Alan Bill, 33, pleaded guilty in January to a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances charge after admitting to his role in running Kingdom Market — a platform used by drug dealers and cybercriminals between March 2021 and December 2023.
He was arrested on December 15, 2023 at Newark Airport before German law enforcement agencies seized Kingdom Market servers and shut the platform down.
Source: https://therecord.media/kingdom-market-administrator-gets-16-year-sentence
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