A Slovakian national, Alan Bill (also known as “Vend0r” or “KingdomOfficial”), admitted he helped operate Kingdom Market—a darknet marketplace that sold narcotics, cybercrime tools, fake IDs, and stolen personal information. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, surrendered the market domains and cryptocurrency assets, and faces sentencing on May 5 with a mandatory minimum five-year term. #KingdomMarket #AlanBill
Keypoints
- Alan Bill (Vend0r) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for his role running Kingdom Market.
- Kingdom Market offered drugs, fraudulent passports and IDs, stolen identities and credit card data, counterfeit money, and computer malware.
- Authorities seized the marketplace in December 2023 after finding roughly 42,000 listings, several hundred sellers, and tens of thousands of customer accounts.
- Bill was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport with phones, a laptop, a thumb drive, and a cryptocurrency hardware wallet linking him to the market.
- Under his plea agreement he surrendered Kingdommarket.so and Kingdommarket.live, agreed to forfeit cryptocurrencies, and faces sentencing with a 5–40 year potential prison term.