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Crypto enforcement: darknet market
5 US enforcement actions involving darknet market in crypto since January 2024.
5 actions since January 2024
| Date | Agency | Action | Stage | Figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | DOJ | Two Los Angeles residents were indicted for allegedly running a darknet fentanyl and meth vendor and laundering crypto proceeds. | Criminal charge | — |
| 26 Sept 2025 | DOJ | A UK citizen who ran an online drug market paid in crypto was sentenced to nine years and ordered to forfeit over $28 million in crypto. | Sentence | $28.0m forfeiture |
| 10 Mar 2025 | DOJ | Two Tulsa men were sentenced for running a dark web pharmacy selling misbranded drugs from China for cryptocurrency. | Sentence | — |
| 16 May 2024 | DOJ | A Helena man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for distributing fentanyl he bought on the dark web with cryptocurrency. | Sentence | — |
| 26 Jan 2024 | DOJ | An Indian national pleaded guilty to running a dark web narcotics conspiracy paid in crypto, forfeiting about $150 million in cryptocurrency. | Guilty plea | $150.0m forfeiture |
Each row is one published step in a case, linked to its source document, so a case can appear again as it moves from charge to plea to sentence. Where one step was announced twice within days, it counts once. Justice Department rows are press releases whose headline names crypto. Figures are the main amount each document states, and for charges they are allegations. Allegations are unproven unless a conviction, plea or settlement is stated. Summaries and stages are machine-read from the document and checked automatically, so the linked document is the authority.
Cite this Bitminer.io, “Crypto enforcement: darknet market”, data to 2 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/enforcement/scheme/darknet/. How this is built