Bitcoin Trader And Accomplice In Ireland Plead Guilty To Darknet Drug Sales
Two men in Ireland, one a bitcoin trader, pled guilty to selling drugs on the darknet to customers worldwide, according to The Irish Examiner. The bitcoin trader posted drug orders to different countries after trading bitcoin. He admitted to selling drugs on Silk Road and Agora. Police charged Richard O'Connor and Neil Mannion, both 34 years old and from Dublin, with possessing drugs valued at €143,000 following a police raid at a south Dublin business premise in October of 2014. Comparing the enterprise to Amazon or eBay, Detective Sergeant Brian Roberts said the darknet is a phenomenon....
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