Ross Ulbricht Pleads Not Guilty to New Drug Charges
Article updated with comment from Ross Ulbricht's legal defense. Ross Ulbricht, the accused ringleader of the now-defunct online black marketplace Silk Road, has plead not guilty to a series of new charges levied against him by federal prosecutors. Filed on 21st August, the charges include narcotics trafficking, conspiracy to traffic fraudulent identification documents and distribution of narcotics by means of the Internet. Those charges followed previous allegations that Ulbricht had engaged in drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering and engaging in a criminal enterprise. The....
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Source: YouTube user Ross Ulbricht. In a Manhattan court, Ross Ulbricht pleaded 'not guilty' today on all charges related to his alleged founding and managing of the Silk Road online drug marketplace on the darknet, taken down late last year. Ulbricht's formal indictment came on Tuesday, in which a charge we haven't previously seen of running a "criminal enterprise" was made known to the public (other charges include narcotic trafficking and money laundering). Ulbricht's defense attorney, Joshua Dratel, had already hinted that Ulbricht would be pleading not guilty this week - eliminating....
Ross Ulbricht, the Texas native arrested in San Francisco last October in relation to the Silk Road online black marketplace, has entered a formal plea of 'not guilty' to all charges. The indictment hearing for the man accused of being the site's 'Dread Pirate Roberts' comes after more than 120 days in detention and interestingly, did not include any of the (up to) six alleged attempts to murder Silk Road cohorts by contract, none of which resulted in an actual death. The hearing and not-guilty plea comes after Ulbricht was formally indicted last Tuesday on charges of drug trafficking,....
The case against alleged Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht has been delayed until next year. Wired reporter Andy Greenberg first reported on Twitter that Ulbricht's defense counsel had sought to postpone the start of trial, which was scheduled to begin on 10th November. US District Judge Katherine Forrest then adjourned the trial until early January. Ulbricht has pled not guilty to charges of drug trafficking, money laundering, hacking and criminal enterprise, and in August pled not guilty to additional drug and conspiracy charges. The prosecution is arguing that Ross Ulbricht is the....
There's quite a bit developing on the legal front of bitcoin. Just this week, it was reported that former BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem and co-conspirator Robert Faiella had agreed to forfeit $950,000 as part of plea deals. We're now learning that the alleged founder of the illicit Silk Road marketplace has pleaded not guilty to most recent charges pressed against him, according to Forbes. This news comes just over two weeks following reports indicating that a new indictment was filed, with the addition of narcotics trafficking charges, distribution of narcotics via the Internet, and....
Little more than a year after his arrest, 30 year-old Ross Ulbricht has been convicted of starting and running Silk Road the infamous online drug marketplace. On Wednesday, February 4, after only 3 and half hours of deliberation, a jury found Ulbricht guilty of all 7 charges, which included computer hacking, drug trafficking and running a criminal enterprise. The evidence revealed since Ulbricht’s arrest has been damning. Ross was first arrested in a San Francisco public library with his encrypted laptop open, giving police full access to everything. From journal entries documenting the....