Mount Barker PT Sebastian Scott Adcock bailed after allegedly dealing drugs and laundering money on the dark web
A former private school student turned Adelaide Hills PT has been revealed as an alleged dark web drug trafficker.
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A former private school student turned personal trainer has been revealed as the man allegedly behind a dark web money laundering and drug trafficking operation.
On Friday, Sebastian Scott Adcock, 25, asked the Adelaide Magistrates Court to release him on home detention bail after he was arrested for alleged dark web drug trafficking and money laundering.
He has been charged with five counts of trafficking in a commercial quantity of a controlled drug, 19 counts of basic trafficking in a controlled drug, and one count each of knowingly engaging in money laundering and trafficking a large commercial quantity of drugs.
In a press conference on Thursday, SA Police said they seized more than $1.5 million in cryptocurrency and a $40,000 diamond ring after foiling the alleged dark web operation based in the Adelaide Hills.
They allege Mr Adcock had been importing drugs from overseas and peddling them on an online marketplace under the handle DopamineDealer and several different aliases.
He was allegedly selling a variety of illicit drugs including stimulants, hallucinogens as well as opioids known as ‘nitazenes’.
An $80,000 car and approximately $10,000 in cash were also claimed as proceeds of crime.
According to Mr Adcock’s social media, he is currently self employed as a personal trainer, having previously attended Cornerstone College in Mount Barker in 2015.
Magistrate Justin Wickens on Friday released the Mount Barker man from custody in the Adelaide Remand Centre and granted him strict home detention bail.
Mr Adcock will be fitted with an electronic monitoring device, meaning the Department of Correctional Services will know his whereabouts at all times, however Mr Wickens did not ban him from accessing all electronic devices.
“When you are released from court, you will be fitted with a device for the purposes of monitoring your compliance with the bail conditions,” Mr Wickens said.
“You are only to possess one mobile phone device, the number of which is to be supplied to police within 24 hours of becoming in possession of such a device.
“You are not to access any dark net marketplaces or forums posted on the dark net server. You are not to possess or operate any browsers, gateways or other applications designed for the purpose of accessing dark net servers.
“You are not to use or control any virtual private networks, anonymous email services, anonymous applications or other services. You are not to own, control or transact any cryptocurrencies related to dark net activities. You are not to use or access any Australia Post delivery boxes or services.”
Police prosecutors then asked Mr Wickens to include a condition that Mr Adcock must obey requests to provide any pass codes to mobile devices in his possession.
“Any mobile device in your possession will be surrendered to police upon request for inspection purposes, and you will provide any pass codes or passwords to that mobile phone device,” Mr Wickens said.
In addition to the bail agreement, Mr Adcock’s partner was ordered to pay the court $500 as a guarantee, meaning she would forfeit the money should he breach bail conditions.
Mr Adcock will return to court in August next year.
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