Sometimes it is the people who facilitate access to those marketplaces who face the law. Tal Prihar was sentenced to eight years in prison for his alleged role in a dark web money laundering scheme. The equivalent of $8.4 million in kickbacks was paid to him and Michael Phan for agreeing to link illegal dark net marketplaces from their news site DeepDotWeb. Prihar laundered the money by transferring payments to other accounts and bank accounts that were tied to shell companies. Prihar agreed to give up $8.4 million after pleading guilty. Israel is in the process of extraditeing him to face a money-laundering charge. The relatively stiff sentence might be a message to others who serve as brokers for illegal dark web outlets. If you point users to illegal guns, hacking tools and drugs and get paid for it, you are as guilty as anyone who sells those underground items. Whether or not this is an effective deterrent, the feds don't want to look soft.
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