Taiwanese national sentenced to 30 years for running darknet Incognito Market
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A Taiwanese national was sentenced to 30 years in U.S. prison for administering Incognito Market, a darknet platform that facilitated over $105 million in drug sales. He pleaded guilty and must forfeit the proceeds.
Source: The Record
A Taiwanese national was sentenced to 30 years in U.S. prison for his role as an administrator of Incognito Market, a popular dark web platform that facilitated millions of dollars worth of drug sales. Rui-Siang Lin, 24, pleaded guilty in Dec. 2024 in the Southern District of New York. He was arrested in May 2024 after flying into John F. Kennedy Airport in New York en route to Singapore. In addition to the 30-year sentence, the Taiwanese national was given five years of supervised release and must forfeit more than $105 million. Court documents show Lin ran Incognito Market from Jan. 2022 to Mar. 2024 under the moniker “Pharaoh” — supervising the sale of more than $105 million of narcotics. Full Story