> Owner of Empire cybercrime market gets 40 years in prison
[AUTHOR: Sergiu Gatlan]
[DATE: 08/10/2026 10:29]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
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. [...]