A Rancho Cordova, California nurse has been charged by federal authorities with selling illegal narcotics via dark net markets. Allegedly, her username Farmacy41 earned over 200 BTC across three markets. Carrie Alaine Markis made an appearance in federal court in Sacramento, charged with numerous counts of drug dealing.
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Markis reportedly used the handle Farmacy41 across several DarkNetMarkets beginning in 2013. She told customers that her source was people who bought pills from those who had them legally prescribed to them. In total, she allegedly sold almost 9,000 hydrocodone pills, over 2,500 oxycodone, nearly 1,000 methadone pills, 70 morphine tablets and around 70 Fentanyl patches.
When the Silk Road closed down, Farmacy41 moved to Pandora and Alpha Bay. The world of DarkNetMarkets is ever-changing. According to a dark web Reddit-alternative founded in response to the banning of r/DarkNetMarkets, Farmacy41 was well-known in her day.
Everything Markis sold is a controlled substance and could carry a prison sentence for one sale. Due to the digital evidence uncovered by investigators, she could face a life sentence. A commentor on Dreaddit said that she might have changed her name between markets. The likely reason she kept her username was a simple reality: reputation is everything in Dark Net Markets. Users don’t have much else to go on, so they use PGP keys to verify their identity as the same from other markets.