🚨 Crypto’s Double-Edged Sword: How Blockchain Built & Broke a $105M Dark Web Empire 💻💊

- The Incognito Market, a dark web platform, thrived between Oct 2020 – Mar 2024, selling over $105M in illicit narcotics.

- Its founder, Rui-Siang Lin, relied on cryptocurrency to fuel anonymous transactions.

- Ironically, the same blockchain technology became his downfall—law enforcement traced crypto flows to dismantle the operation.

- Lin pleaded guilty in Dec 2024 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison in Feb 2026.

- Charges included narcotics distribution conspiracy, money laundering, and misbranding medication.

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