User:Dolphinforest/Rui-Siang Lin

Rui-Siang Lin, born in 2001, graduated from the Department of Information Management at National Taiwan University. Around October 2020, he began operating a drug marketplace called Incognito Market on the dark web under the online aliases "Pharoah" and "faro." He designed and managed a reliable anonymous financial transaction system, charging a 5% commission on each transaction, with a cumulative global sales volume exceeding $100 million. In May 2024, he was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, and faced multiple criminal charges, including the Kingpin Statute (Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute), money laundering and others.

Personal Life
During his high school years, Lin represented Taiwan in the Asian International Mathematical Olympiad (AIMO) and won a bronze medal. In 2019, he graduated from Taipei Private Fuxing Senior High School and was admitted to the Department of Mathematics at National Taiwan University, where he received a scholarship. The following year, he transferred to the Department of Information Management in the College of Management at National Taiwan University and graduated in 2023. After graduation, he served as an Information Technology Specialist in the Alternative Military Service program under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan), working in diplomatic ally country, Saint Lucia.