Benjamin Dack
Introduction
Benjamin Dack is a 28-year-old man from the Scarborough area of North Yorkshire who was jailed for four years at York Crown Court on 24 October 2026 for dealing cannabis while concealing his activity and his money with cryptocurrency . Dack, of no fixed abode, admitted possession with intent to supply cannabis, possession of criminal property, and concern in the supply of cannabis after changing three of his pleas to guilty . Financial investigators traced his phone transactions and found he had been buying and selling drugs using cryptocurrency to disguise the payments .
Background Information
The investigation into suspected drug dealing involving Dack began in 2023, and he was arrested on numerous occasions over the course of it . Despite the initial arrest, Dack continued to sell cannabis, and when officers searched his phone they found he had turned to cryptocurrency to buy and sell drugs, a method financial investigators describe as increasingly popular for “concealing assets and disguising the movement of funds” . The case was prosecuted after North Yorkshire Police’s Economic Crime Unit identified transactions linked to drug purchases and sales paid for in cryptocurrency .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Jailed for cannabis supply and crypto-concealed criminal property.
The offending that put Dack before York Crown Court spanned his continued cannabis supply despite repeated arrests, and the crypto trail he left while doing it . He admitted possession of cannabis with intent to supply, possession of criminal property, and concern in the supply of the drug . A separate allegation that he assaulted an emergency worker on 22 April 2026 while being arrested was denied and allowed to remain on file . The court heard there was clear evidence Dack had made deliberate efforts to evade detection and to hide the origin of his money, and he was found in possession of luxury items including Rolex watches .
Public Reaction and Consequences
Sentencing on Friday 24 October 2026, York Crown Court jailed Dack for four years after he changed three pleas to guilty . Financial investigator Amy Monkman of North Yorkshire Police said access to the defendant’s phone had revealed the cryptocurrency use and allowed officers to identify the drug transactions, adding: “Cryptocurrency is becoming a popular method for concealing assets and disguising the movement of funds” . She said the force’s Economic Crime Unit was “committed to ensuring any benefit from criminality is identified and seized, depriving criminals of their ill-gotten gains” .
Current Status
Dack is serving his four-year sentence imposed on 24 October 2026 . The denied assault allegation against an emergency worker remains on file rather than prosecuted . Confiscation proceedings against his identified criminal property, including the luxury items recovered during the investigation, were flagged by the force as a continuing priority but no separate confiscation figure has been reported .
Impact on Their Career/Life
The four-year prison term and a criminal record for supply and money-linked offences end any lawful prospects Dack had built, and the case has become the North Yorkshire force’s public example of how investigators now follow crypto trails in street-level drug cases . At 28, he faces release into a landscape where his identified transactions remain visible to the same Economic Crime Unit that convicted him .
Sources
- “Man jailed over cryptocurrency drug dealing” — BBC News: source