Maryland Men Plead Guilty To Dark Web Drug Distribution Charges

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Ryan Farace, 34, of Reisterstown, Md., pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug distribution and money laundering conspiracies.
The charges come from a scheme to manufacture and distribute alprazolam tablets, which are usually sold under the brand name “Xanax,”, through sales on the dark web in exchange for Bitcoin, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland.
Farace and his co-conspirator, Robert Swain, laundered the drug proceeds through financ