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Leader Of Crypto Drug Exchange Ordered To Relinquish Over $2 million By UK Courts

Emily Mason

Summary: An English man posing as a tea-trader to cover up his international crypto drug exchange has been ordered to relinquish over $2.29 million on Monday, June 8, as reported by Harborough Mail. The man, Paul Johnson, sold more than 400lbs of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, ketamine and LSD. All payments were made using Bitcoin. Johnson must ...

An English man posing as a tea-trader to cover up his international crypto drug exchange has been ordered to relinquish over $2.29 million on Monday, June 8, as reported by Harborough Mail.

The man, Paul Johnson, sold more than 400lbs of heroin, cocaine, cannabis, ketamine and LSD. All payments were made using Bitcoin. Johnson must hand over his $2.29 million in profits within three months. He was sentenced to eight years in prison in February. 

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