Overview
- U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon imposed a 30-year prison term, five years of supervised release, and roughly $105 million in forfeiture.
- Prosecutors say the dark web site processed more than $105 million across over 640,000 transactions for hundreds of thousands of buyers and 1,800 vendors from 2020 to 2024.
- The marketplace’s internal “Incognito Bank” handled crypto deposits and payouts, collected a 5% commission, and helped obscure money flows tied to large-scale narcotics sales.
- Listings included counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that prosecutors linked to the fatal overdose of a 27-year-old Arkansas resident.
- Lin was arrested at JFK in May 2024 after investigators used blockchain analysis, undercover buys, server warrants, and domain records bearing his real name to tie him to the platform, which he shut down in March 2024 after stealing user funds and attempting extortion.