好的，我现在需要帮用户总结这篇文章的内容。用户的要求是用中文总结，控制在100个字以内，而且不需要以“文章内容总结”或“这篇文章”这样的开头，直接写描述即可。 首先，我得通读整篇文章，抓住主要信息。文章讲的是两个人被指控共同创建了暗网市场Empire Market，并且他们已经对联邦毒品共谋罪名认罪。Raheim Hamilton和Thomas Pavey分别来自弗吉尼亚和佛罗里达，他们在2018到2020年间运营这个市场，涉及4.3亿美元的非法交易，包括毒品、假币等。他们面临最高10年的监禁，并且需要没收大量比特币和其他资产。 接下来，我需要把这些信息浓缩到100字以内。重点包括：Empire Market的创建者、认罪情况、交易金额、涉及物品、运营时间、可能的刑期以及没收的资产。 然后，我要确保语言简洁明了，避免使用复杂的结构。比如，“pleaded guilty”可以翻译为“认罪”，“federal drug conspiracy charges”是“联邦毒品共谋罪”。同时，要提到他们运营的时间段和涉及的具体金额及物品。 最后，检查一下字数是否符合要求，并且确保没有遗漏关键信息。这样就能生成一个准确且简洁的摘要了。 </think> 两名男子因共同创建暗网市场Empire Market被指控并认罪。该市场涉及4.3亿美元非法交易，包括毒品和假币等。两人面临最高10年监禁，并需没收大量比特币和其他资产。 2026-1-29 15:16:21 Author: therecord.media(查看原文) 阅读量:1 收藏
Both men charged with co-creating the dark web marketplace Empire Market have now pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges. Raheim Hamilton, 30, of Suffolk, Virginia, entered his guilty plea in a Chicago federal court this week, closing the book on one of the major cybercrime cases of the early 2020s. Prosecutors said the market was responsible for $430 million in transactions involving illicit goods such as heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, counterfeit currency and stolen credit card information. Hamilton ran the marketplace from 2018 to 2020 with Thomas Pavey, 40, of Ormond Beach, Florida, prosecutors said. They were both charged in 2024 with a variety of offenses that could have led to life sentences in prison. Pavey pleaded guilty in January 2025 to similar drug charges. They each face a maximum 10-year sentence. “Hamilton admitted in a plea agreement that he and Pavey designed Empire Market to help its users avoid detection by law enforcement and to assist users with laundering money from the illicit transactions,” prosecutors said. Hamilton will be sentenced in June. A sentencing date has not been set for Pavey. The market was one of the largest of its kind, with more than 1.6 million unique registered users and 4 million separate transactions, prosecutors said, with drug sales being the most prevalent activity. Empire Market suddenly disappeared in the summer of 2020, with operators stealing an estimated $30 million in bitcoin from users. As part of his plea deal, Hamilton agreed to forfeit approximately 1,230 bitcoin (worth about $108 million) and 24.4 Ether coins (about $71,000), as well as three properties in Virginia. Previously Pavey agreed to forfeit approximately 1,584 bitcoin (about $139 million), two boxes containing 25-ounce gold bars, three automobiles and two properties in Florida, prosecutors said. Empire Market arose after the takedown of the notorious AlphaBay market in 2017, with Hamilton (aka “Sydney” and “ZeroAngel”) and Pavey (aka “Dopenugget”) modeling their site after it. In announcing charges against Hamilton and Pavey in 2024, prosecutors said they had sold counterfeit U.S. currency on AlphaBay. Empire Market was organized under categories like “Fraud,” “Drugs & Chemicals,” “Counterfeit Items,” and “Software & Malware.” U.S. government and international law enforcement actions against cybercrime forums have continued in earnest since the AlphaBay takedown. The FBI apparently seized another cybercriminal site, RAMP, this week. International operations also recently targeted marketplaces such as BreachForums, BidenCash and Archetyp.
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Joe Warminsky
is the news editor for Recorded Future News. He has three decades of experience as an editor and writer in the Washington, D.C., area. He previously he helped lead CyberScoop for more than five years. Prior to that, he was a digital editor at WAMU 88.5, the NPR affiliate in Washington, and he spent more than a decade editing coverage of Congress for CQ Roll Call.
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