A British court sent a drug dealer who used cryptocurrency to prison – Bits Media

The court sentenced a British resident to nine years in prison, from whom it was seized $6.7 million in cryptocurrency and drugs on $1.4 million.

Simon Barclay (Simon Barclay) was arrested in November 2021 of the year. According to prosecutor Matthew Bean (Mathew Bean), Barclay was accused of drug trafficking on the darknet. To hide your identity, the merchant used several aliases, with the help of which he organized the delivery of prohibited substances. The dealer was tracked by law enforcement officers, who specialize in fighting criminals, operating on the Dark Web (DICE).

Having collected the necessary information about transactions, Special Forces handed it over to the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cyber ​​Crime Team. Police, Barclay's watcher, going to the post office, detained right on the street. During the search, several envelopes with heroin and cocaine were found on the detainee., which he, the investigation assures, was going to send it to my clients. Во время обыска жилища Барклая полиция обнаружила у него тайник с наркотиками на сумму $1.4 million, а также конфисковала $6.7 Milln in cryptocurrencies, в том числе в биткоинах. В мае арестованный признал свою вину, and the court sentenced him to nine years in prison.

The confiscation of crypto assets was carried out in accordance with the law “On Combating Money Laundering”, received from criminal activity". These assets will be placed at auction by law enforcement officials. For the first time, British police have sold seized digital assets in 2019 year. A year later, the Belgian federal government also sold confiscated bitcoins with the help of the Irish auction house Wilsons Auctions..