The mastermind behind one of the largest-ever dark web drug-trafficking operations was sent to prison Thursday — after he raked in $7.2 million through cryptocurrency exchanges, Manhattan prosecutors said.
Queens native Nan Wu, 39, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years behind bars after he admitted to running the massive illicit marketplace — dubbed “FireBunnyUSA” that shipped out more than 10,000 packages of cocaine, MDMA, Ketamine and other drugs to customers in all 50 US states. 3
Wu worked together with four accomplices — Peng Peng Tang, Bowen Chen, Zixiang Lin and Katie Montgomery — between January 2019 to August 2022 and laundered more than $7.9 million through multiple dark web vendors, prosecutors have said.
“The dismantling of this illegal drug trafficking operation high