黑市帝國
Lin Rui-siang, a 23-year-old Taiwanese man, was arrested in the U.S. in May 2024 on charges of running a dark web scheme called Incognito Market.
年僅23歲的台灣男子林睿翔，於2024年5月在美國被逮捕，遭控經營暗網毒品平台「隱市」。
arrest(v.)(n.)逮捕charge(n.)指控、罪名(v.)控告、起訴scheme(n.)陰謀;詭計
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, this operation was one of the largest illegal drug markets on the internet.
根據美國司法部表示，該平台是網路上規模最大的非法藥品交易市場之一。
operation(n.)營運
Wired.com reported shortly after his arrest that Lin initially developed the model of Incognito Market as a 19-year-old in 2020.
在林睿翔遭逮捕不久後，Wired網站報導，林睿翔在2020年19歲時就開始建立「隱市」的初步架構。
shortly after在～之後不久=soon after=immediately afterinitial(adj.)初步的、initially(adv.)初步地in the initial stage在初步階段
According to the report, as of mid-2023, the site “was approaching $5 million a month in sales” through cryptocurrency sales.
報導指出，截至2023年年中，該平台「每月交易額已接近500萬美元」，交易多以加密貨幣進行。
approach(v.)接近、靠近approachable(adj.)友善的;易接近的cryptocurrency(n.)加密貨幣
The security and anonymity provided to both sellers and buyers made the site extremely popular.
網站因保障匿名及安全性，深受買賣雙方歡迎。
anonymity(n.)匿名(性)anonymous(adj.)匿名的;不公開姓名的
CBS News added in a contemporary report that much of the sales included illegal drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamines and some prescription medications.
CBS新聞進一步指出，該平台主要販售的商品包括古柯鹼、安非他命，以及部分處方藥物等非法藥品。
contemporary(adj.)同時期的、當代的prescription(n.)處方prescribe(v.)開藥方
Despite running this massive criminal operation under the alias “Pharaoh,” Lin maintained a job working at the Taiwanese embassy in St. Lucia.
儘管暗地裡操控著龐大的犯罪網絡，林睿翔對外卻以「法老」的化名行事，並同時任職於台灣駐聖露西亞使館。
despite(prep.)儘管=in spite ofalias(n.)化名、別名
Ironically, he posed as an expert on the dark web, even training the St. Lucia police force on how to prevent cybercrime.
更諷刺的是，他還曾以「暗網專家」自居，協助聖露西亞警方進行網路犯罪防制訓練。
pose as冒充、偽裝成dark web暗網cybercrime(n.)網路犯罪
Wired.com noted that his “professional background and qualifications” in this specific field likely came from his involvement in Incognito Market’s illegal activities.
Wired網站指出，他之所以能有這樣的「專業背景與資歷」，很可能就是來自於他親手打造的這套非法系統。
qualification(n.)資歷qualified(adj.)有資格的;夠格的involvement in...參與、涉入be involved in...參與、涉入
In addition to the sale of drugs, it was revealed that Lin also stole money from and attempted to blackmail his site’s users.
除了販毒之外，林睿翔還涉嫌盜取用戶資金，甚至對使用者進行勒索。
blackmail(v.)勒索、敲詐
Due to these alleged crimes, the U.S. DOJ arrested Lin at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport as he attempted to transfer flights.
由於涉及多項指控，他在紐約甘迺迪機場轉機時遭美國司法部逮捕。
alleged(adj.)所謂的、聲稱的(尚未被證實)it is alleged that...據稱...transfer flights轉機
At the time, CBS News reported that Lin faced severe punishment for his crimes.
當時CBS新聞報導指出，林睿翔將面臨極重刑責。
severe(adj.)嚴厲的、極為惡劣的severe punishment嚴厲的處罰、重罰
According to the news source, he could be sentenced to life in prison for selling illegal and harmful drugs on Incognito Market.
根據CBS新聞，若罪名成立，他可能因在「隱市」販售非法與危險藥品而被判無期徒刑。
be sentenced to~被判處(某刑罰)life in prison終身監禁=life imprisonment