‘Incognito’ operator sentenced to 30 years for running a dark web drug market
On Tuesday, Rui-Siang Lin was sentenced to 30 years in prison for running "Incognito Market," a dark web platform that prosecutors say "sold more than $105 million of narcotics-including more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine, over 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamines, hundreds of kilograms of other narcotics, and more than 4 kilograms of purported 'oxycodone'," between 2020 and 2024. Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the sentencing on Tuesday, calling Lin "one of the world's most prolific drug traffickers," taking a five percent cut from the crypto transactions as a "bank account" while keeping buyers …