7 Security Empire Market创始人被判40年，没收超1亿美元比特币等资产，平台曾促成数百万笔加密货币非法交易。
Empire Market联合创始人Raheim Hamilton因运营暗网市场被判处联邦监狱40年，并被罚款500万美元。他同意没收1,230枚比特币（价值约1亿至1.01亿美元）、24.4枚以太币及三处房产。 Empire Market于2018年至2020年间运营，期间促成了超过400万笔交易，总价值逾4.3亿美元，其中近3.75亿美元涉及毒品销售，包括芬太尼、可卡因和海洛因。该平台还支持出售被盗账户凭证、个人数据、假币和黑客工具，所有交易均以加密货币结算。 Hamilton与合伙人Thomas Pavey鼓励用户使用混币器掩盖资金流向。Pavey此前已没收1,584枚比特币、黄金、车辆和房产，尚待宣判。2025年行政命令规定，没收的比特币将纳入国家储备，禁止出售。
Bitcoin: 40 years in prison and 1,230 BTC confiscated for the Empire Market boss
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The king of narcotics on the darkweb delivers 100 million in Bitcoin to the USA. He will still serve 40 years.
Empire Market Co-Creator Sentenced to 40 Years Over $430M Dark Web Bazaar
End of the Dark Web drug lord legend: sentenced to 40 years in prison and confiscation of Bitcoin worth over 3.4 billion baht.
The co-founder of darknet market Empire Market has been sentenced to 40 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $101 million in Bitcoin.
Dark web drug market operator sentenced to 40 years, forfeits $101 million in bitcoin
