Milomir Desnica, a citizen of Croatia and Serbia, has been indicted by a grand jury in the District of Columbia for his alleged involvement in running the illegal darknet marketplace called Monopoly Market. The marketplace, which allowed the sale of drugs and prescription medications, was shut down in December 2021 when its servers were seized by law enforcement agencies in Germany and Finland. The seizure provided investigators with access to transaction records and communications, leading them to identify Desnica as the administrator of the marketplace. It is claimed that Desnica used cryptocurrency exchanges to transfer the proceeds from the marketplace and converted them into cash through peer-to-peer traders in Serbia. Desnica was arrested in Austria and subsequently extradited to the United States to face charges related to drug distribution and money laundering. The operation also led to the arrest of 288 individuals and the seizure of millions of dollars, drugs, and firearms.
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