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Federal authorities have charged a man with running Silk Road, a popular online black market for drugs.
The authorities identified the man as Ross Ulbricht, who was arrested by F.B.I. agents Tuesday afternoon at a library in San Francisco. Court papers filed in the case in Manhattan accuse him of engaging in a massive money-laundering operation and of trying to arrange a murder-for-hire. Mr. Ulbricht is to appear in federal court on Wednesday in San Francisco.
Mr. Ulbricht solicited a Silk Road user to execute a murder-for-hire of another Silk Road user, who was threatening to release the identities of thousands of users of the site, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday morning. Authorities also seized the Silk Road Web site.
The authorities identified the man as Ross Ulbricht, who was arrested by F.B.I. agents Tuesday afternoon at a library in San Francisco. Court papers filed in the case in Manhattan accuse him of engaging in a massive money-laundering operation and of trying to arrange a murder-for-hire. Mr. Ulbricht is to appear in federal court on Wednesday in San Francisco.
Mr. Ulbricht solicited a Silk Road user to execute a murder-for-hire of another Silk Road user, who was threatening to release the identities of thousands of users of the site, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday morning. Authorities also seized the Silk Road Web site.
New York Times: link
Complaint: pdf