United StatesEmpire Market’s 4 million transactions earned its co-creator 40 years.
Raheim Hamilton, 30, also forfeits more than $100 million in bitcoin and several Virginia properties.
Prosecutors say drugs made up about $375 million of the sales, and cryptocurrency mixers let users launder the proceeds.
Empire Market vanished in summer 2020, and its operators stole an estimated $30 million from users.
Co-owner Thomas Pavey, who pleaded guilty last year, faces sentencing in the US later this month.
How each outlet framed it
- The Record leans critical
- details the Empire Market sentence of 40 years and the $430M transaction volume, with $375M from drug sales
Sources: The Record