DEFENDANT RECORD
Rui-Siang Siew
charged
Aliases: Pharoah
Operator of Incognito Market arrested at JFK Airport in May 2024.
Key Facts
Status
CHARGED
Current legal state
Sentence
N/A
Pending / None
Restitution
$0
Mandatory restitution
Cases
1
Federal dockets
- Legal Disposition: charged.
- Nationality: Taiwan.
- Total Imprisonment: Pending / None.
- Court Restitution: None ordered.
Prosecution Matters & Evidentiary Summary
Docket 1:24-cr-00305 · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. v. Rui-Siang Siew (Incognito Market Darknet Extortion)
charged 2024-05-20
Owner and operator of Incognito Market who facilitated over $100 million in illicit darknet transactions before orchestrating an exit scam and extorting registered vendors and buyers with doxxing threats.
Target Sector: Consumer Privacy, Cryptocurrency · Loss: $100.0 million
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