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Maryland Indictment Says Silk Road Founder Tried To Arrange Murder of Employee

Posted by timothy on from the dread-pirate-ok-he's-a-dread-pirate dept.

Robotron23 writes "Further charges have been made against Silk Road founder Ross William Ulbricht, aka 'Dread Pirate Roberts'. Yesterday saw the shutdown of Silk Road, a website Ulbricht founded which specialized in the sale of illegal items such as recreational drugs. As well as paying for a hit on a forum member, Ulbricht later requested an undercover agent murder an arrested employee of Silk Road, terming it 'the right move.' Upon receiving staged photos of torture and eventually the corpse, Ulbricht paid in full."

3 of 294 comments (clear)

  1. Do hitmen even exist? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It sounds like they're ALWAYS undercover agents.

  2. Re:Toooootally Didn't See That Coming by jdavidb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, but murdering is actually wrong, while selling contraband is not.

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  3. Re:bitcoin value by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Interesting

    On one level Bitcoin owners should rejoice that this criminality is being snuffed out.

    99% of what occurred on Silk Road was activity that should have never been illegal in the first place. If two consenting adults engage in a transaction that does not harm any third party, then that is none of your damn business. One of the good things about bitcoin is that it makes economic repression more difficult. No one who believes in the advancement of human freedom should "rejoice" about the end of Silk Road.