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A Detroit district court has sentenced Michigan resident Victor Hernandez to 130 months in federal prison for selling drugs on the darknet and laundering money through cryptocurrencies.
Prosecutor Dawn N. Ison said that in March, 31-year-old Victor Hernandez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other narcotic substances, as well as to sell firearms for bitcoins through darknet platforms.
Using the pseudonym opiateconnect, Hernandez sold a psychotropic drug used to treat panic disorders in the United States, but in fact the pills were fake-they were chemicals that were not intended for human consumption.
Federal investigators have been working for months to identify Hernandez. During a search of his home, police found an underground drug lab capable of producing more than 20,000 pills per hour. Three firearms, 600 grams of cocaine, thousands of pressed counterfeit pills, $340,000 in cash and more than $1 million in cryptocurrency were also confiscated.
In addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Linda V. Parker ordered Hernandez to pay a $3.1 million fine. Hernandez's sister, Carolyn Hernandez-Taylor, also pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to 60 months in prison.
"The defendants tried to maintain their anonymity using the darknet, but this did not prevent investigators and the federal government from identifying the perpetrators. We will continue to pursue drug traffickers who use the latest technology," said Prosecutor Ison.
Recently, a California resident also confessed to drug trafficking through the darknet platforms ToRReZ and Dark0de, as well as money laundering through cryptomixers. She faces life in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.
Prosecutor Dawn N. Ison said that in March, 31-year-old Victor Hernandez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and other narcotic substances, as well as to sell firearms for bitcoins through darknet platforms.
Using the pseudonym opiateconnect, Hernandez sold a psychotropic drug used to treat panic disorders in the United States, but in fact the pills were fake-they were chemicals that were not intended for human consumption.
Federal investigators have been working for months to identify Hernandez. During a search of his home, police found an underground drug lab capable of producing more than 20,000 pills per hour. Three firearms, 600 grams of cocaine, thousands of pressed counterfeit pills, $340,000 in cash and more than $1 million in cryptocurrency were also confiscated.
In addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Linda V. Parker ordered Hernandez to pay a $3.1 million fine. Hernandez's sister, Carolyn Hernandez-Taylor, also pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to 60 months in prison.
"The defendants tried to maintain their anonymity using the darknet, but this did not prevent investigators and the federal government from identifying the perpetrators. We will continue to pursue drug traffickers who use the latest technology," said Prosecutor Ison.
Recently, a California resident also confessed to drug trafficking through the darknet platforms ToRReZ and Dark0de, as well as money laundering through cryptomixers. She faces life in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.
