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  "id": 13000897,
  "title": "A US judge sentenced Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of the dark web marketplace Empire Market, to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430M in illegal transactions (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/a-us-judge-sentenced-raheim-hamilton-co-creator-of-the-dark-web",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-09T01:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/owner-of-empire-cybercrime-market-gets-40-years-in-prison/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The co-creator of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been sentenced to 40 years …",
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        "outlet": "The Record",
        "title": "Co-creator of Empire Market dark web marketplace given 40-year sentence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/co-creator-of-empire-market-dark-web-marketplace-given-40-year",
        "published": "2026-10-09T01:52:10.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}