Gal Vallerius, a 36-year-old Frenchman, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering after an arrest in 2017 when US authorities managed to tie his identity to the username “OxyMonster” in the dark web, The Daily Mail reports.
The man was traveling to Texas to attend the 2017 World Beard and Moustache Championships when he was caught by police and immediately brought into custody. Vallerius, married with one child, will serve a 20-year sentence in either France, Great Britain, or Israel, as he has citizenship in all three.
Police managed to find his identity by correlating his activities on LocalBitcoins with the “tip jar” that was set up in one of the most famous drug markets in the dark...
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