Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Trafficking Counterfeit Drugs That He Purchased on Dark Web with Bitcoin

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Michael Gordon, 32, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond to serve 20 years’ imprisonment, followed by three years’ supervised release, for conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The Court further ordered the defendant to pay over $2.7 million in restitution and to forfeit over $300,000.