Tag Archives: Dread Pirate Roberts

DarkList Links Silk-Road-Style Drug Dealers

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When the Department of Justice took down the anonymous, Bitcoin-based narcotics bazaar known as the Silk Road in October, the dark web drug market didn’t disappear. It splintered into smaller markets...

The Feds Are Ready To Sell $25 Million of Bitcoin Seized From The Silk Road

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One of the bigger wallets on the Bitcoin blockchain is going to be emptied in the near future. Back in October, when the feds took down the online drug bazaar Silk Road, they seized the nearly 30,...
    






Bitcoin’s Incredible Year

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Last year at this time, valued at just $13.50, one Bitcoin could get you a movie ticket if you could find a theater that had 1) heard of Bitcoin and 2) accepted it. Fat chance. Luckily, Bitcoin...
    






Feds Indict Three More Alleged Employees Of Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts

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Ross Ulbricht, the alleged Dread Pirate Roberts and administrator of the Silk Road drug website, may be spending Christmas in a jail cell in Brooklyn, New York. But as the FBI widens its crackdown on...
    






At Least Two Moderators Of ‘Silk Road 2.0’ Drug Site Forums Arrested

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The resurrection of the popular Silk Road drug website known as “Silk Road 2.0″ has been online for less than two months. But law enforcement already seems to be closing its net. On Friday morning an...
    






Feds Shut Down Silk Road, Arrests Mastermind

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Federal agencies crack down on online drug market of “Silk Road” notoriously known as “eBay of drugs.” FBI not only shuts down the pirate website but also arrested its mastermind on Tuesday.A young...