The leader of the criminal group behind the dark web platform Hydra Market, Stanislav Moiseyev, has been sentenced to life in prison in Russia.
Moiseyev was fined 4 million rubles and more than a dozen accomplices were also convicted for their involvement in drug production and sale.
The group operated from 2015 to 2018 and was involved in large-scale narcotics distribution and money laundering.
Hydra Market, known for selling drugs and facilitating illegal activities, was taken down in April 2022, and German police seized $51 million worth of bitcoins from their operations.