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Silk Road 2.0 Seized By FBI, Alleged Founder Arrested In San Francisco

Posted by timothy on from the slippery-stuff-that-silk dept.

blottsie writes The FBI has arrested the online persona "Defcon," identified as Blake Benthall, a 26-year-old in San Francisco, who the agency claims ran the massive online black market Silk Road 2.0. Benthall's FBI arrest comes a year after that of Ross Ulbricht, also from San Francisco, who's the alleged mastermind of the original Silk Road and still awaiting trial. The largest of those reported down is Silk Road 2.0. But a host of smaller markets also seized by law enforcement include Appaca, BlueSky, Cloud9, Hydra, Onionshop, Pandora, and TheHub. Also at Ars Technica.

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  1. Frsit Psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That was quick.

  2. Re:The war on drugs by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps we should nuke SF and finally win the WoD.

    You can't win the WoD--the Jyhad is eternal.

  3. Re:Do they think they won't get caught? by Hussman32 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heh, people tell me all the time that I have 'delusions of grandeur,' but they are a bunch of nobodies and who cares what they think.

    --
    "Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment."