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Moderator of Darknet Marketplace AlphaBay Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

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Sep 2, 2020 at 08:00 UTCUpdated Sep 2, 2020 at 08:02 UTC

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A Colorado man who mediated disputes on the now-defunct darknet marketplace Alphabay has been handed a lengthy prison sentence.

  • According to a Tuesday press statement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), 26-year-old Bryan Connor Herrell received an 11-year prison term from U.S District Court Judge Dale Drozd.
  • Herrell was responsible for settling disputes between vendors and consumers concerning trades in illicit goods such as drugs and guns, often paid for using bitcoin.
  • He was also responsible for monitoring attempts to defraud users of the darknet marketplace and operated under the monikers “Penissmith” and “Botah.”
  • “This sentence serves as further proof criminals cannot hide behind technology,” said U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott.
  • People should think again before buying or selling drugs online: “You will be caught,” Scott said.
  • Prior to being shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in July 2017, AlphaBay was a popular marketplace for illicit items including stolen identities, credit cards and narcotics.
  • In February, 36-year-old Ohio resident Larry Dean Harmon, former CEO of Coin Ninja, was charged by U.S. law enforcement for laundering more than $300 million in bitcoin for AlphaBay.
  • Harmon’s family denied he was ever involved directly with AlphaBay with his brother claiming the marketplace used Harmon’s cryptocurrency mixer Helix without his consent or input.
  • Mixers allow users to obfuscate the source of a cryptocurrency payment by outputting different coins than are sent in.
  • Alphabay users traded using cryptocurrency like bitcoin because payments are outside the banking system and are semi-anonymous.
  • However, transactions are traceable on most blockchains and can ultimately be used by law enforcement to link criminals to their activities.

See also: Online Black Markets’ Bitcoin Revenues Take a Hit Amid Pandemic

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