Silk Road Mentor Caught In Thailand
A U.S. Justice Department press release reports that the infamous architect from the original Silk Road was arrested in Thailand December 3, 2015. Roger Thomas Clark otherwise known as “Variety Jones” and other aliases was taken into custody with unsealed charges coming from New York State. The press release claims Clark was caught by authorities in Thailand where he was allegedly hiding out. The report explains: The complaints against Clark suggest that he was the mentor behind the accused Ross Ulbricht aka Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR) and was ultimately the designer of the marketplace....
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The FBI shut down black marketplace Silk Road a year ago. This hidden website was used for the sale and purchase of items and services such as drugs, weapons, fake passports and other forged documents. To refresh your memory of the full Silk Road story, check out our interactive timeline below: This article is part of CoinDesk's Silk Road: One Year On series. Keep checking back for new additions to the series. Road. Silk RoadTimelines
If reports are to be believed, a new version of the online drug marketplace Silk Road - "Silk Road Reloaded" - has been launched recently. It is only a coincidence that the new Silk Road's introduction arrived only after the death of its predecessor Silk Road 2. In fact, our research revealed that Silk Road Reloaded was in development for over a year. This somewhat indicates that the makers of previous versions may not be backing this new project after all. And it reflects in the outcome as well. Silk Road Reloaded apparently uses "I2P" instead of the Fed's favorite Tor. I2P stands for....