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LOUIS - A Slovakian man was indicted this week on costs that accuse him of running a darknet market that sold drugs and stolen personal darknet market data. Investigators have shut down the market.

Alan Bill, 30, of Bratislava, was charged by complaint in U.S. District Court in St. Louis Dec. 14. Bill was arrested Dec. 15 at the Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey by agents with the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations. In an indictment Wednesday, a grand jury charged Bill with 10 felonies: conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, four counts of distribution of a controlled substance, conspiracy to commit identification theft and fraud associated to identification documents, identity theft, aggravated identification theft, misuse of a passport and cash laundering conspiracy.

The complaint and the indictment accuse Bill, also known as "Vend0r" and "KingdomOfficial," of serving to to arrange and run Kingdom Market, which had over 25,000 lively listings as of late final month. The market opened in March of 2021 and sold unlawful medication and unlicensed pharmaceuticals, stolen identities, credit card info, counterfeit money, laptop malware and fraudulent id documents including passports and drivers' licenses from Missouri and other states, the charging paperwork say.

Kingdom Market charged distributors 500 euros to start out selling, then charged charges on gross sales. Transactions have been carried out in cryptocurrency and Kingdom advised users in methods to conceal their transactions, the documents say.

Investigators used the market to purchase methamphetamine, pills containing fentanyl, the personally identifiable info belonging to quite a few people and a United States passport, the charging documents say.

Websites associated with Kingdom Market have also been seized by regulation enforcement.

Charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations and do not constitute proof of guilt. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent except and till proven responsible.

The drug trafficking conspiracy cost carries a penalty of at the very least 5 years in prison, with a most of 40, a high-quality of as much as $5 million, or both prison and a wonderful. The id theft conspiracy cost carries a penalty of as much as 15 years in prison, a fantastic of $250,000, or both. The misuse of a passport cost carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, a high quality of $250,000, or both. The money laundering conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of as much as 20 years in prison and a wonderful of $500,000, or twice the worth of the property concerned.

The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated this case with IRS Criminal Investigation, the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Missouri Department of Revenue. The investigation also concerned numerous overseas regulation enforcement companies, including the German Federal Criminal Police, or Bundeskriminalamt, the Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor's Office - Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) in addition to regulation enforcement agencies from Switzerland, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.