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LOUIS - A Slovakian man was indicted this week on expenses that accuse him of running a darknet market that bought medication and stolen personal mega darknet market information. 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 brokers 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 identity theft and fraud associated to identification documents, identification theft, aggravated id theft, misuse of a passport and money laundering conspiracy.

The complaint and the indictment accuse Bill, often known as "Vend0r" and "KingdomOfficial," of helping to set up and run Kingdom Market, which had over 25,000 active listings as of late last month. The market opened in March of 2021 and sold illegal medication and unlicensed pharmaceuticals, stolen identities, bank card info, counterfeit cash, laptop malware and fraudulent id paperwork together with passports and drivers' licenses from Missouri and other states, the charging documents say.

Kingdom Market charged vendors 500 euros to begin selling, then charged fees on sales. Transactions were carried out in cryptocurrency and Kingdom advised customers in strategies to conceal their transactions, the documents say.

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

Websites related to Kingdom Market have additionally been seized by regulation enforcement.

Charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations and don't represent proof of guilt. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent except and till confirmed guilty.

The drug trafficking conspiracy cost carries a penalty of no less than five years in prison, with a maximum of 40, a fine of up to $5 million, or both prison and a tremendous. The identity theft conspiracy charge carries a penalty of as much as 15 years in prison, a high quality of $250,000, or each. The misuse of a passport charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, a high quality of $250,000, or each. The money laundering conspiracy cost carries a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in prison and a advantageous of $500,000, or twice the value 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 additionally concerned numerous overseas law enforcement agencies, including the German Federal Criminal Police, or Bundeskriminalamt, the Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecutor's Office - Central Office for Combating Internet Crime (ZIT) as well as regulation enforcement companies from Switzerland, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.