Alleged Silk Road founder indicted by federal grand jury in New York
The alleged founder of the Web’s biggest black market, Ross Ulbricht, faces decades in prison.
On Feb 4, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
The Silk Road’s version of a gang was a nerdy book club
Lead by Silk Road head honcho Dread Pirate Roberts, the book club read everything from anarcho-capitalist classics to The Color Purple.
On Jan 31, 2014 by Tim Sampson
Dread Pirate Roberts wanted to build an ‘anonymous Bitcoin exchange’
Details came out in a money laundering indictment against Charlie Shrem.
On Jan 28, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
The final confessions of a Silk Road kingpin
“I’m guilty,” Steven Sadler, better known on the Deep Web as Nod, admitted in our first conversation, several weeks after he was let out on bond.
On Jan 22, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Taking stock of the Silk Road in 2014
Its alleged founder is in jail, and suppliers are making deals in court.
On Jan 3, 2014 by Tim Sampson
Alleged Silk Road owner becomes yoga teacher in prison
Namaste.
On Jan 2, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
The year the Deep Web went mainstream
The meteoric rise and ultimate fall of Silk Road cast a new light on the role of technology in the war on drugs.
On Jan 1, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Two alleged Silk Road 2.0 administrators arrested in Ireland and U.S.
While documents are still unverified, two sources suggest the rumors of top-level arrests are true.
On Dec 20, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Did Bitcoin creator ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ invest in Silk Road?
An unusual transfer to Ross Ulbricht from a long-standing account raises more questions than it answers.
On Nov 24, 2013 by Miles Klee
Family of alleged Silk Road kingpin pleads for support
Those closest to Ross Ulbricht want the money for a fair fight.
On Nov 21, 2013 by Miles Klee
Alleged Silk Road mastermind denied bail, accused of 4 new murders-for-hire
In denying Ulbricht bail, the judge cited his ample Bitcoin wallet and murder-for-hire charges.
On Nov 21, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Feds: At least half a dozen Silk Road arrests in the works
A Wired report indicates the FBI’s war against Silk Road won’t end with Dread Pirate Roberts.
On Nov 18, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Meet the man Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts allegedly tried to have killed
Curtis Clark Green, 47, testified that the online drug kingpin paid to have him murdered.
On Nov 9, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III
Money is changing the Web, and we are all for sale
Money, like power, changes whatever it touches, and that includes your favorite spots and services on the ‘net.
On Nov 7, 2013 by Nicholas White
Silk Road 2.0: The Deep Web’s most notorious black market is back
Former Silk Road admins have launched a successor to the infamous online drug market.
On Nov 6, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
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