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Suspect arrested in $100M Incognito Market dark web drugs operation
A 23-year-old Taiwanese man in New York is arrested in relation to the $100 million dark web narcotics platform, Incognito Market.
A 23-year-old man from Taiwan was arrested in New York on charges of operating “Incognito Market,” a dark webnarcotics e-commerce platform allegedly worth $100 million and spanning globally. Attorney Damian Williams for the Southern District of New York stated, “As alleged, Rui-Siang Lin operated a sophisticated and dangerous online narcotics marketplace through which he profited millions of dollars at the community’s expense. Credit: U.S. Department of JusticeIn March, Krebs on Security reported that the platform had begun extorting its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transactions and chat records of users who refused to pay a fee ranging from $100 to $20,000.
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