41-Year-Old Man Who Sold Drugs for Crypto Gets Nine Years in Jail - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
cryptoAng 41-Taong-gulang na Lalaki na Nagbenta ng Droga para sa Crypto ay Nakulong ng Siyam na Taon06 / 19 / 2022Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin A West Yorkshire resident, Simon Barclay, has been convicted of drug trafficking worth millions of pounds on the dark web with cryptocurrency proceeds. Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Deals Involving Crypto Barclay, 41, pleaded guilty on Tuesday at Leeds Crown Court to several crimes, including the possession of Class A and B drugs and crime proceeds stored in crypto assets valued at about £5.5 million ($6.6 million) in late 2021. According to a West Yorkshire Police ulat, Barclay‘s illegal activities were first noticed in 2021 by the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU), the UK’s national dark web criminality investigations division. After months of investigation, the convict‘s identity was uncovered, and the ERSOU made contact with the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit and Kirklees Police. The Yorkshire cybercrime unit and Kirklees Police began to investigate further by monitoring Barclay’s routine drops to a local post office from addresses conected to him. In November 2021, the drug dealer was arrested by Kirklees Programme Precision Officers. After his capture, the authorities searched his properties, including his personal computers, to discover the