Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:46am on 20 Apr 2024,Saturday India Global
Banmeet Singh, a 40-year-old Indian national, has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling drugs on dark web markets. Arrested in London in 2019, he was extradited to the US in 2023. Singh pleaded guilty to drug distribution and money laundering. He operated on sites like Silk Road, selling substances like fentanyl and ecstasy. Using cryptocurrency, customers ordered drugs, which Singh shipped from Europe to the US. He controlled distribution cells across several US states from 2012 to 2017. The court ordered him to forfeit $150 million.
