Underground online drug market Silk Road shut by FBI, alleged owner arrested
11 years, 5 months ago

Underground online drug market Silk Road shut by FBI, alleged owner arrested

Firstpost  

US law enforcement authorities have shut down Silk Road, the underground marketplace where one could purchase drugs with Bitcoins… US law enforcement authorities have managed to shut down Silk Road, an underground marketplace where one could allegedly purchase drugs with Bitcoins. The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced on Wednesday that it had arrested the owner of Silk Road, Ross William Ulbritch, also known in the online circles as Dread Pirate Roberts in San Francisco. Silk Road was a thriving marketplace for drugs Ulbritch is being charged with narcotics trafficking conspiracy, computer hacking conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, according to court filings. The criminal complaint against Ulbritch was filed by FBI agent Christopher Tarbell who said, “Silk Road has emerged as the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the Internet today.” He added that Silk Road was used by “several thousand drug dealers” to sell “hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs.” The site was first launched in 2011 and became a thriving marketplace to purchase hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin and meth.

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Detective is charged with stealing £60k of Bitcoin during investigation into Silk Road 2.0 that is now worth £3MILLION
2 weeks ago

Detective is charged with stealing £60k of Bitcoin during investigation into Silk Road 2.0 that is now worth £3MILLION

Daily Mail  

A National Crime Agency Detective has been charged with the theft of bitcoin digital currency allegedly taken during an investigation into a clandestine online marketplace for illegal drugs. Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime Division, said: ‘We have authorised Merseyside Police to charge National Crime Agency officer Paul Chowles with 15 offences relating to the alleged …

Inside story of how 'Dread Pirate Roberts' - the creator of notorious dark web site the Silk Road - 'lived a double life in BONDI' - before he was locked up in America for TWO life terms... and now Do
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2 months ago

Inside story of how 'Dread Pirate Roberts' - the creator of notorious dark web site the Silk Road - 'lived a double life in BONDI' - before he was locked up in America for TWO life terms... and now Do

Daily Mail  

President Donald Trump has granted an unconditional pardon to the creator of the notorious Silk Road website who partially developed it while living in Sydney more than ten years ago. In early 2015 Ulbricht was sentenced to two life terms in prison plus 40 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy to commit money laundering and computer hacking, operating under the pseudonym …

Donald Trump pardons notorious dark web Silk Road founder on Day 1
2 months ago

Donald Trump pardons notorious dark web Silk Road founder on Day 1

Hindustan Times  

On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous Silk Road dark web. Trump said Ulbricht’s life sentence is “ridiculous” and disproportionate to the crime, expressing his frustration with the legal figures involved in the case. Manhattan attorney during that time Preet Bharara said, “Make no mistake: Ulbricht …

Serving lifetime for online drug scheme, Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
2 months ago

Serving lifetime for online drug scheme, Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht

Firstpost  

US President Donald Trump announced he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the darknet marketplace Silk Road. US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, that he had spoken to Ulbricht’s mother on his first …

'Ridiculous!' Trump frees creator of darknet market Silk Road to thank Libertarian backers
2 months ago

'Ridiculous!' Trump frees creator of darknet market Silk Road to thank Libertarian backers

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening he has issued a full pardon to a man serving a life sentence for creating and running what prosecutors have called the "sprawling black-market bazaar" Silk Road. In September 2013, the site's home page displayed nearly 13,000 listings for controlled substances, listed under such categories as “Cannabis,” “Dissociatives,” “Ecstasy,” “Intoxicants,” “Opioids,” “Precursors,” “Prescription,” “Psychedelics,” …

Trump pardons founder of Silk Road website
2 months ago

Trump pardons founder of Silk Road website

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump’s return to Washington WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. “The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me.” …

Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Is Waiting for Trump to Keep His Word—and Set Him Free
55 years, 2 months ago

Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Is Waiting for Trump to Keep His Word—and Set Him Free

Wired  

As Americans and the world grapple with how last week’s election will reshape the next four years and beyond, few have as much personally at stake from a new presidential administration as one 40-year-old man in a federal penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona. For Ross Ulbricht, creator of the legendary dark-web drug market known as Silk Road, who has been in …

Crypto haven: Why the US govt has a $5 billion stash in bitcoin
1 year, 5 months ago

Crypto haven: Why the US govt has a $5 billion stash in bitcoin

Live Mint  

The U.S. government is one of the world’s biggest holders of bitcoin, but unlike other crypto whales, it doesn’t care if the digital currency goes up or down in value. Three recent seizures alone put more than 200,000 bitcoin in the government’s coffers, according to an analysis of public filings by crypto firm 21.co. The U.S. government didn’t seize any …

Dark Web, Telegram Give Easy Access to LSD, Heroin and Cocaine, Finds Report on Drug Trafficking
1 year, 7 months ago

Dark Web, Telegram Give Easy Access to LSD, Heroin and Cocaine, Finds Report on Drug Trafficking

News 18  

The dark web and instant messaging services such as Telegram are being rampantly used for drug trafficking, the India Future Foundation said in its recently released report. The IFF’s report highlights the convergence of the dark web and Telegram as a new challenge for law enforcement agencies combating drug trafficking. Our recent investigations have revealed a significant surge in drug …

Global operation takes down dark web drug marketplace
1 year, 10 months ago

Global operation takes down dark web drug marketplace

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Law enforcement agencies around the …

Feds Seize $1 Billion in Stolen Silk Road Bitcoins
55 years, 2 months ago

Feds Seize $1 Billion in Stolen Silk Road Bitcoins

Wired  

More than seven years have passed since Ross Ulbricht was arrested in the science fiction section of a San Francisco library and charged with running the sprawling, dark web drug bazaar known as the Silk Road. Today the Justice Department finally revealed where a billion-dollar tranche of the Silk Road's treasure ended up: stolen by a mysterious hacker, and now …

Feds Dismantled the Dark-Web Drug Trade—but It's Already Rebuilding
5 years, 10 months ago

Feds Dismantled the Dark-Web Drug Trade—but It's Already Rebuilding

Wired  

On the dark-web drug market Empire this week, business proceeds as usual. Judging by that buzzing trade, there's little hint that just the week before, global law enforcement announced the takedowns of two of the world's largest dark-web drug sites, known as Wall Street Market and Valhalla. A dark web market calling itself Nightmare has 28,000 narcotics listings and remains …

Dropout calling himself Dread Pirate Roberts jailed for more than five years
5 years, 11 months ago

Dropout calling himself Dread Pirate Roberts jailed for more than five years

Daily Mail  

Thomas White, 24, was jailed for running the Silk Road site on the dark web A university dropout who was the 'guiding mind' behind a £73million online black market for illegal drugs has been jailed for five years and four months. Pictured: Computer equipment belonging to White - who was sentenced to five years and four months in prison Judge …

AlphaBay: Dark Web drugs marketplace mysteriously goes offline sparking fears of a major heist
7 years, 8 months ago

AlphaBay: Dark Web drugs marketplace mysteriously goes offline sparking fears of a major heist

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A major Dark Web marketplace where people can buy illegal goods, such as …

AlphaBay: What is the Dark Web marketplace linked to several deaths?
7 years, 8 months ago

AlphaBay: What is the Dark Web marketplace linked to several deaths?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. AlphaBay was a major underground marketplace, used to trade a range of illegal goods, including drugs, firearms, …

US government shuts down Alphabay, taking down huge parts of the dark web
7 years, 8 months ago

US government shuts down Alphabay, taking down huge parts of the dark web

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world's biggest drugs marketplace on the dark web has been shut down, …

AlphaBay sold drugs, guns and hacking tools online — until a sting operation shut it down
7 years, 8 months ago

AlphaBay sold drugs, guns and hacking tools online — until a sting operation shut it down

LA Times  

Two so-called “dark Web” sites dedicated to illegal drug and arms sales have been seized in an audacious sting operation, and the suspected ringleader has committed suicide, U.S. Justice Department officials said Thursday. Cazes had been charged in connection with running the black market site that Horwood called “much bigger” than Silk Road, a notorious dark Web marketplace seized by …

Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Loses His Life Sentence Appeal
7 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Loses His Life Sentence Appeal

Wired  

After more than five years, the saga of the Dread Pirate Roberts has ended, and the founder of the Silk Road has lost his last chance of escaping a lifetime in prison. On Wednesday, a Second Circuit appellate court rejected the appeal of Ross Ulbricht, who two years ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole for creating and …

Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht loses bid to void conviction, life sentence
7 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht loses bid to void conviction, life sentence

Raw Story  

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and life sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the accused mastermind behind the Silk Road online black market for illegal drugs. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected Ulbricht's claims that his trial judge deprived him of a fair trial, in part by preventing him from introducing evidence of "corrupt" activity by …

In Silk Road Appeal, Ross Ulbricht's Defense Focuses on Corrupt Feds
9 years, 2 months ago

In Silk Road Appeal, Ross Ulbricht's Defense Focuses on Corrupt Feds

Wired  

It's been nearly a year since a jury determined that Ross Ulbricht had created and run the anonymous black market for drugs known as the Silk Road, a conviction that resulted in a life sentence without parole. As the first significant step in Ulbricht's appeal, his defense on Tuesday filed a 145-page argument for a new trial, calling for a …

MtGox bitcoin exchange chief executive Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan
9 years, 7 months ago

MtGox bitcoin exchange chief executive Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan

ABC  

Japanese police have arrested the chief executive of the failed company MtGox, which was once the world's biggest exchange of the virtual currency bitcoin. Mark Karpeles is being held in connection with the loss of bitcoins worth nearly $US400 million, which prompted the company's collapse in February last year. Police said investigators suspect Karpeles knew details about the missing bitcoins …

The Justice Department Is Cracking Down on Trolls Who Threatened Silk Road Judge
9 years, 9 months ago

The Justice Department Is Cracking Down on Trolls Who Threatened Silk Road Judge

Slate  

On dark web sites like the Silk Road black market and its discussion forums, anonymous visitors could write even the most extreme libertarian and anarchist statements without fear. The subpoena letter, obtained and published by blogger Ken White, lists trollish comments made by those six Reason readers that—whether seriously or in jest—call for violence against Katherine Forrest, the New York …

Silk Road founder gets life imprisonment for creating online drug site
9 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road founder gets life imprisonment for creating online drug site

Firstpost  

A San Francisco man who created the underground drug-selling website Silk Road was sentenced Friday to life in prison by a judge who cited six deaths from drugs bought on his site and five people he tried to have killed. “You are no better a person than any other drug dealer.” Ulbricht’s 2013 arrest shut down what prosecutors described as …

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht 'Dread Pirate Roberts' is sentenced to life in prison over 'dark web' marketplace
9 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht 'Dread Pirate Roberts' is sentenced to life in prison over 'dark web' marketplace

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The creator of online …

Video: Silk Road Website Founder Ross Ulbricht Jailed for Life
9 years, 9 months ago

Video: Silk Road Website Founder Ross Ulbricht Jailed for Life

The Quint  

Ulbricht’s 2013 arrest shut down what prosecutors described as an unprecedented one-stop online shopping mall where the supply of drugs was virtually limitless, enabling nearly 4,000 drug dealers to expand their markets from the sidewalk to cyberspace, selling drugs on a never-before-seen scale to more than 100,000 buyers in markets stretching from Argentina to Australia, from the United States to …

Silk Road website creator gets life term for drug sales in landmark trial
9 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road website creator gets life term for drug sales in landmark trial

Hindustan Times  

The accused mastermind behind the Silk Road underground website was sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating a scheme that enabled more than $200 million of anonymous online drug sales using the digital currency bitcoin. Silk Road operated for more than two years, allowing users to anonymously buy drugs and other illicit goods and generating over $214 million in sales …

Silk Road website founder jailed for life in New York
9 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road website founder jailed for life in New York

Al Jazeera  

Ross Ulbricht, 31, sentenced to life in jail by judge who cited six deaths from drugs bought on his ‘dark web’ site. The government said in court papers that Ulbricht left a blueprint that others have followed by establishing new “dark markets” in sophisticated spaces of the internet that are hard to trace, where an even broader range of illicit …

Silk Road founder gets life for creating online drug site
9 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road founder gets life for creating online drug site

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A San Francisco man who created the underground drug-selling website Silk Road was sentenced Friday to life in prison by a judge who cited six deaths from drugs bought on his site and five people he tried to have killed. “You are no better a person than any other drug dealer.” Ulbricht’s 2013 arrest shut down what …

Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison
9 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison

Wired  

Ross Ulbricht conceived of his Silk Road black market as an online utopia beyond law enforcement's reach. On Friday Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in creating and running Silk Road's billion-dollar, anonymous black market for drugs. In addition to his prison sentence, Ulbricht was also ordered to pay a massive …

The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall
9 years, 10 months ago

The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall

Wired  

An electronic wiretap on Ross’ email would require a court order—but at that point there wasn’t probable cause to search the account. “Realistically,” he said, “the only way for them to prove anything would be for them to watch you log in and do your work.” On the evening of September 28, the FBI’s surveillance team watched DPR log off …

The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 1
9 years, 10 months ago

The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 1

Wired  

“I imagine that someday I may have a story written about my life and it would be good to have a detailed account of it.”—home/frosty/documents/journal/2012/q1/january/week1 The postman only rang once. When he tried to comfort his pups, a dozen guns took aim: “Keep your hands where we can see them!” Officers cuffed Green on the floor while fending off Max, …

The Dark, Twisted Tale of How a DEA Agent Became a Paid Mole for Silk Road
9 years, 11 months ago

The Dark, Twisted Tale of How a DEA Agent Became a Paid Mole for Silk Road

Slate  

This post originally appeared on WIRED. Force, a 46-year-old member of Baltimore’s Silk Road task force, began working in 2012 as an undercover agent on the case, communicating directly with Ulbricht, who was allegedly using the pseudonym the Dread Pirate Roberts. In that role, Force even served as a fictitious criminal named “Nob” who helped arrange a murder of Silk …

Former US agents charged for bitcoin theft during Silk Road probe
9 years, 11 months ago

Former US agents charged for bitcoin theft during Silk Road probe

Firstpost  

The U.S. Justice Department announced charges on Monday against two former federal agents accused of stealing the digital currency bitcoin during the investigation of the underground drug marketplace Silk Road. The U.S. Justice Department announced charges on Monday against two former federal agents accused of stealing the digital currency bitcoin during the investigation of the underground drug marketplace Silk Road. …

DEA Agent Charged With Acting as a Paid Mole for Silk Road
9 years, 11 months ago

DEA Agent Charged With Acting as a Paid Mole for Silk Road

Wired  

Updated at 4:25 p.m. with more information. But there's an even more surprising set of accusations against Force: That he acted as a paid informant for Silk Road's recently convicted administrator Ross Ulbricht, allegedly selling information about the investigation back to Ulbricht under two different pseudonyms. In that role, Force even served as a fictitious criminal named "Nob" who helped …

The Web’s Biggest Black Market Mysteriously Disappeared. Was It a Plan to Scam Users?
10 years ago

The Web’s Biggest Black Market Mysteriously Disappeared. Was It a Plan to Scam Users?

Slate  

This post originally appeared on WIRED. The result has been a wave of panic that’s shaken the online black market economy as much as any of the law enforcement drug busts of the last two years. Late Tuesday, a Reddit user named NSWGreat who had earlier self-described as an Evolution drug dealer and “public relations” staffer—he or she had even …

The Dark Web's Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished
10 years ago

The Dark Web's Top Drug Market, Evolution, Just Vanished

Wired  

In the 18 months since the Silk Road online black market for narcotics was taken down by a swarm of three-letter agencies, a site known as Evolution has taken its place at the top of the dark web drug trade. The result has been a wave of panic that's shaken the online black market economy as much as any of …

German Police Just Made a Gigantic Dark-Web Drug Bust
10 years ago

German Police Just Made a Gigantic Dark-Web Drug Bust

Wired  

The investigation, according to Leipzig police spokesperson Katharina Geyer, began nearly a year ago, and more arrests may still be in the works. But Shiny-Flakes was also a well-known vendor on Evolution, the Dark Web drug market that has recently become the successor to the defunct Silk Road as the most popular market for anonymous drug sales online. News of …

Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Convicted of All 7 Charges
10 years, 1 month ago

Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Convicted of All 7 Charges

Wired  

"The real Dread Pirate Roberts is out there," Ulbricht's lead attorney Joshua Dratel told the jury in opening statements. Dratel's protests began with pre-trial motions to preclude a large portion of the prosecution's evidence based on what he described as an illegal, warrantless hack of the Silk Road's Icelandic server by FBI investigators seeking to locate the computer despite its …

Defense argues wrong man accused as Silk Road kingpin
10 years, 2 months ago

Defense argues wrong man accused as Silk Road kingpin

Raw Story  

Defense lawyers for Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind of online criminal enterprise Silk Road, sought to convince New York jurors that the wrong man was in the dock. During lengthy cross-examination of the first witness, lawyer Joshua Dratel established that investigators once suspected Mark Karpeles, former chief of failed Bitcoin exchange MtGox, was the Silk Road boss. In the warrant …

Undercover Agent Reveals How He Helped the FBI Trap Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht
10 years, 2 months ago

Undercover Agent Reveals How He Helped the FBI Trap Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht

Wired  

The FBI agents who arrested Ross Ulbricht in the science fiction section of a San Franciso public library in October of 2013 left nothing to chance. When plainclothes feds grabbed Ulbricht's laptop and put him in cuffs, the prosecution in Ulbricht’s case says he was chatting online with an undercover agent who had infiltrated the staff of Silk Road, the …

Silk Road Reloaded launches, but not on Tor
10 years, 2 months ago

Silk Road Reloaded launches, but not on Tor

Wired  

Shutterstock A new version of Silk Road has appeared on the dark web, but it doesn't rely on Tor or Bitcoin. Silk Road Reloaded uses the little-known I2P anonymity network and accepts a range of cryptocurrencies including the meme-inspired Dogecoin. Silk Road Reloaded has been in development for a year and can only be accessed using the I2P anonymity software. …

How the Dark Web's New Favorite Drug Market Is Profiting From Silk Road 2's Demise
10 years, 4 months ago

How the Dark Web's New Favorite Drug Market Is Profiting From Silk Road 2's Demise

Wired  

When a major law enforcement crackdown killed the Silk Road 2 earlier this month, it scattered the Dark Web's drug dealers. __Since the FBI's and Europol's Operation Onymous seized dozens of Dark Web sites including the Silk Road 2, Evolution has more than tripled its rate of growth in new product listings, according to data collected by the non-profit Digital …

Global Web Crackdown Arrests 17, Seizes Hundreds Of Dark Net Domains
10 years, 4 months ago

Global Web Crackdown Arrests 17, Seizes Hundreds Of Dark Net Domains

Wired  

When "Operation Onymous" first came to light yesterday, it looked like a targeted strike against a few high value targets in the Dark Web drug trade. On Friday, the European police agency Europol along with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security announced that the operation has now arrested 17 people in as many countries and seized hundreds of …

US authorities shut down Silk Road 2.0 website, owner arrested
10 years, 4 months ago

US authorities shut down Silk Road 2.0 website, owner arrested

Firstpost  

US authorities said on Thursday they have shut down the successor website to Silk Road, an underground online drug marketplace, and arrested its alleged operator. US authorities said on Thursday they have shut down the successor website to Silk Road, an underground online drug marketplace, and charged its alleged operator with conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering …

Bitcoin promoter Shrem to plead guilty to unlicensed money transmission
10 years, 6 months ago

Bitcoin promoter Shrem to plead guilty to unlicensed money transmission

Firstpost  

Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has reached a plea deal to resolve U.S. charges that he engaged in a scheme to sell over $1 million of the digital currency to users of illicit online marketplace Silk Road, his lawyer said Friday. Shrem, the former vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, will plead guilty next Thursday in New York federal court to …

Silk Road Reduced Violence in the Drug Trade, Study Argues
10 years, 9 months ago

Silk Road Reduced Violence in the Drug Trade, Study Argues

Wired  

The dark web may have a silver lining, according to a pair of academics: A new class of geekier, less violent drug dealers. A law professor and a professor of criminal science argue, in a paper released online, that by reducing physical contact between drug dealers---particularly between dealers and their suppliers---the Silk Road's bustling Web-based narcotics trade may have prevented …

Inside the 'DarkMarket' Prototype, a Silk Road the FBI Can Never Seize
10 years, 11 months ago

Inside the 'DarkMarket' Prototype, a Silk Road the FBI Can Never Seize

Wired  

The Silk Road, for all its clever uses of security protections like Tor and Bitcoin to protect the site's lucrative drug trade, still offered its enemies a single point of failure. If one group of Bitcoin black market enthusiasts has their way, the next online free-trade zone could be a much more elusive target. "What doesn't kill you makes you …

Silk Road closure fails to dampen illegal drug sales online, experts say
10 years, 11 months ago

Silk Road closure fails to dampen illegal drug sales online, experts say

ABC  

The online illegal drug business is booming, researchers say, with several new websites popping up despite the closure of the infamous website Silk Road last year. Despite the high-profile arrests, illegal drug sellers and buyers were able to find plenty of alternative market places within a month of Silk Road's demise. Website launched in February 2011, became known as 'eBay …

How the Feds Took Down the Silk Road Drug Wonderland
11 years, 4 months ago

How the Feds Took Down the Silk Road Drug Wonderland

Wired  

The dramatic takedown of the Silk Road drug market and the arrest of its alleged owner on drug trafficking and murder-for-hire charges last month began in part with an offhand tip to Department of Homeland Security investigators in Maryland in mid-2011. You might want to look at this," the informant told DHS investigators, according to federal law enforcement officials familiar …

Man pleads guilty to playing key role in Silk Road
11 years, 4 months ago

Man pleads guilty to playing key role in Silk Road

Firstpost  

A Utah man pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge Thursday for his role in an online black market known as the Silk Road… A Utah man pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge Thursday for his role in an online black market known as the Silk Road that authorities say processed more than $1 billion worth of illicit business. …

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