A 33-year-old Slovak national pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute drugs through the Kingdom Market darknet marketplace.
A 33-year-old Slovak national has pleaded guilty to his role in a darknet marketplace that sold illegal drugs and stolen personal information.
Alan Bill, of Bratislava, admitted Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one felony count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Prosecutors said Bill helped operate Kingdom Market, a darknet marketplace that ran from March 2021 through December 2023 and facilitated the sale of illicit goods and services. Those offerings included fentanyl, methamphetamine, other narcotics, and stolen financial and identification records. Purchases were made using cryptocurrency through anonymous or semi-anonymous accounts.
According to court records, Bill assisted with maintaining and managing the platform’s technical infrastructure. He acknowledged providing or acquiring web administration services, receiving cryptocurrency from a wallet associated with Kingdom Market, and helping create promotional forum pages on sites. He also admitted to having access to usernames used to post Kingdom Market content on social media and to communicating with others about specific transactions linked to the marketplace.
Federal authorities began making undercover purchases from Kingdom Market in July 2022, acquiring fentanyl, methamphetamine, and a U.S. passport that were shipped to the Eastern District of Missouri. Bill was arrested on Dec. 15, 2023, at Newark Liberty International Airport after customs officers seized two mobile phones, a laptop, a thumb drive, and a hardware wallet containing cryptocurrency private keys. Investigators said the devices held evidence tying him to the darknet operation.
As part of his plea agreement, Bill agreed to forfeit five types of cryptocurrency stored in a digital wallet, along with the internet domains Kingdommarket.live and Kingdommarket.so. Both domains have since been seized and shut down by law enforcement.
Bill is scheduled to be sentenced on May 5. The drug conspiracy charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a possible fine of up to $5 million.
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