Co-creator of Empire Market dark web marketplace given 40-year sentence

October 8, 2026 · 10:29 am 2 sources

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• Owner of Empire cybercrime market gets 40 years in prison
  BleepingComputer · October 8, 2026 10:29
  The co-creator of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430 million in illegal transactions from 2018 to 2020. [...]
• Co-creator of Empire Market dark web marketplace given 40-year sentence
  The Record by Recorded Future News · October 10, 2026 00:55
  Raheim Hamilton, 30, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a drug conspiracy charge and agreed to forfeit more than $100 million worth of Bitcoin and several properties in Virginia.