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Cody Ward
Importing and supplying commercial quantities of border-controlled drugs; directing a criminal group
- Defendant
- Cody Ward
- Reddit role
- other
- Charge
- Importing and supplying commercial quantities of border-controlled drugs; directing a criminal group
- Jurisdiction
- New South Wales District Court, Australia
- Date
- 2021-05-14
- Sentence
- 14 years imprisonment (non-parole period 10 years)
- Subreddit
- r/DarkNetMarkets
Summary
Cody Ward, who used the handle 'NSWGreat,' was one of Australia's most prolific darknet drug vendors, processing roughly AUD $17 million in transactions across cocaine, MDMA, LSD and other drugs. He was a prominent figure on Reddit's r/DarkNetMarkets and a public-relations representative for a darknet marketplace, and his open boasting on Reddit and other forums helped prompt the cybercrime strike force that identified him. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the NSW District Court to 14 years' imprisonment with a 10-year non-parole period.