The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has seized the largest haul of cryptocurrency from an illegal network involved in selling narcotics through the dark web.
According to the Department of Justice (DoJ), in a statement released on January 26, the amount totaling $150 million in digital assets was confiscated from an operation run by an Indian national identified as Banmeet Singh.
Singh pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
His guilty plea marked the culmination of an investigation that uncovered a multi-million-dollar drug enterprise that utilized dark web marketplaces such as Silk Road 1, Silk Road 2, Alpha Bay, Hansa, and others.
“Today’s guilty plea, which includes forfeiture of approximately $150 million in cryptocurrency, demonstrates that the Justice Department will hold criminals who violate US law accountable no matter how they conceal their activity, ” s
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