A man from Virginia, who facilitated millions of drug transactions worth roughly $430 million, agreed to give up $100 million worth of BTC. His partner forfeited nearly 1,600 BTC. Raheim Hamilton, a co-creator of the dark web drug platform Empire Market, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and agreed to forfeit 1,230 bitcoin worth about $101 million. Prosecutors said Empire Market facilitated more than 4 million drug transactions from 2018 to 2020, with drug sales accounting for nearly…
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