Top fentanyl seller on AlphaBay and Dream Market sentenced to 7 years prison

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Top fentanyl seller on AlphaBay and Dream Market sentenced to 7 years prison

AlphaBay and Dream Market handled loads of Bitcoin

A dark web drug lord will serve seven years in prison for selling thousands of doses of fentanyl, many of which were exchanged for cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin.

Authorities noted Matthew Witters, of Seattle, was a leading seller of fentanyl on prolific dark web markets AlphaBay and Dream Market between 2015 and 2017.

Witters was reportedly caught after his contact information and dark web nicknames were found in houses linked to drug trafficking in California and Oklahoma.

A search warrant led authorities to a safe deposit box Witters had leased in a bank. It stored more than $165,000 in cash, a Glock handgun, suspected controlled substances, and mailing labels.

Upon his arrest in December 2018, police seized $1.1 million in cryptocurrency, cash, and "other funds"  - all proceeds of his drug trafficking.

Bitcoin was the currency of choice on AlphaBay and Dream Market

The marketplaces that supported Witters, AlphaBay and Dream Market, were huge. Alpha