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Empire Market Scam: $30.00M Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

The well-known darknet market Empire Market has closed its operations. When it exited, the website defrauded about 2638 bitcoins from 1.3 million users, worth nearly 30 million U.S. dollars.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://news.bitcoin.com/sources-say-worlds-largest-darknet-empire-market-exit-scammed-30-million-in-bitcoin-stolen/ (opens in a new tab)

This record presents information attributed to the linked sources. Incident dates describe the original event, not a new report. Reported loss figures reflect the source record and are not current market valuations.

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