AlphaBayMarket

AlphaBayMarket (services) — what it refers to

AlphaBay (often styled “AlphaBay Market”) was a large darknet marketplace that operated as a Tor hidden service, facilitating illicit trade (notably drugs, stolen data, and other contraband) until it was seized and shut down by law enforcement in July 2017 as part of a multinational action commonly associated with Operation Bayonet. (en.wikipedia.org)

The original marketplace is widely associated with Alexandre Cazes (reported as the administrator/operator under the handle “Alpha02”), who was arrested in 2017; after the seizure, the original AlphaBay ceased operations. (en.wikipedia.org)

About the specific site string you provided

You provided: https://AlphaBayMarket-old

• This does not appear to be a complete, valid, publicly resolvable web address as written (it has no recognizable top-level domain such as .com, .net, etc., and it is not a Tor .onion address). Because of that, it’s not possible to reliably identify a specific operator/entity behind that exact URL string from public sources alone.

Common reality: “AlphaBay” name reuse, clones, and scams

Since the 2017 takedown, the “AlphaBay/AlphaBay Market” name has been repeatedly reused online, including claims of “relaunches,” mirrors, and “old” versions—alongside frequent allegations of phishing and exit-scam behavior in the ecosystem around AlphaBay-branded sites. (ondarknet.com)

Separately, security/reputation write-ups for AlphaBay-branded clearnet domains (e.g., similarly named “alphabaymarket.*”) commonly flag phishing/suspicious behavior, reinforcing that many AlphaBay-branded “service” sites are impersonations rather than an official continuation of the original 2014–2017 marketplace. (gridinsoft.com)

Bottom line (identity)

• “AlphaBayMarket” is best understood as a reference to the historic darknet market “AlphaBay,” shut down in July 2017. (justice.gov)
• The specific label/URL AlphaBayMarket-old is not enough to attribute to a known, legitimate organization or person, and in practice AlphaBay-branded “service” pages are frequently imitators/scams rather than an identifiable official entity. (ondarknet.com)