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A Slovakian man, Alan Bill, 33, has been sentenced to 200 months in prison for his role in operating a darknet market called Kingdom, which sold dangerous illegal drugs, stolen financial information, and other illicit goods between March 2021 and December 2023 in Missouri and worldwide.
Kingdom Market facilitated thousands of transactions, with hundreds of vendors offering heroin, Oxycodone, and other drugs, as well as stolen personal information, counterfeit currencies, and computer malware. Buyers used cryptocurrency and anonymous accounts to make purchases.
Bill pleaded guilty in January to one felony count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and admitted to providing web-administration services, creating forum pages, and communicating with others about transactions. Despite attempting to downplay his role, evidence showed Bill was a leader and organizer of the conspiracy.
The sentencing memo revealed that Kingdom servers showed over 1,500 sales of heroin and nearly 600 sales of Oxycodone, with Bill and his co-conspirators aware that fentanyl was being mixed into other products. The judge noted that the harm caused by the trafficked drugs was immeasurable.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Cybercrime
- Defendant: Missouri
- Location: MO
- Source: DOJ Press Release
