A South Korean man was handed a host of punishments after a court found him guilty of buying narcotics online – using bitcoin (BTC).

News1 reported that the man, aged 43 but unnamed for legal reasons, was convicted by a branch of the Chuncheon District Court Criminal on charges of violating drug management laws.

The court heard that the man had bought methamphetamine (also known as crystal meth) on a total of eight occasions from August 13, 2020, to April this year. In each case, the man paid dealers in bitcoin.

The presiding judge, Song Jong-seon, handed the man a 10-month suspended jail sentence, in addition to three years of probation. The man was also ordered to attend a 40-hour drug treatment course and pay a fine of almost $2,190.

(by Tim Alper)