Arrests

Indictments, arrests, extraditions and sentencings from the underground economy, and the OpSec failures behind them.

Empire Market creator sentenced to 40 years in dark web marketplace case

Raheim Hamilton, 30, was sentenced this week to 40 years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to drug conspiracy charges tied to the Empire Market dark web marketplace, The Record reported. The term lands alongside a run of recent sentencings in dark web drug and counterfeit pill cases across the United States, Canada, Britain and New Zealand. Oct 15, 2026

FBI trash bag evidence leads to arrests of two brothers in dark web pill case

Two Jacksonville brothers were arrested on Aug. 28 and accused of selling counterfeit oxycodone pills on the darknet, in a case where the FBI used material recovered from a trash bag, according to a report published Sept. 10. The cofounder of Empire Market was also sentenced to 40 years this week. Oct 14, 2026