Ulbricht Indicted: A New Charge Emerges, Another Disapears
The Silkroad was considered the EBay of drugs. Ross Ulbricht, the alleged head of the infamous Silk Road, was officially indicted in court today. His charges included all of what was expected - drug trafficking, computer hacking, and money laundering - as well as “continuing criminal enterprise,” a charge that adds a second possible life sentence if found guilty on all counts, and another ten years to his possible minimum sentence of twenty years. Joshua Dratel, a lawyer for Ulbricht, said in a statement, “the indictment was expected and does not contain any new factual allegations.” He....
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Ross Ulbricht, the 29-year-old alleged mastermind behind the now-defunct online black market Silk Road has been indicted on charges related to computer hacking, drugs and money laundering, federal prosecutors revealed on 4th February. Notably, prosecutors found that Ulbricht engaged in "continuing criminal enterprise," a charge typically reserved for mafia members and high-profile gangsters, and sometimes referred to as "the kingpin statute". The charge adds 20 years to Ulbricht's minimum sentence, and carries a potential life sentence. Ulbricht faces a maximum life sentence for the crimes....
The alleged leader of the former Silk Road online drug marketplace Ross Ulbricht (also known as D. P. R., Dread Pirate Roberts) has been formally indicted on charges relating to drugs, money-laundering, and a charge of running "criminal enterprise". If convicted, Ulbricht faces a minimum of 30 years in prison, and maximum sentence of life in prison. Defense attorney Joshua Dratel will be representing Mr. Ulbricht in attempt to prove that he is not the alleged ringleader of the Silk Road operation - closed down in late 2013. "Ross will be pleading not guilty at the arraignment. The....
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,....
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....
Following the conclusion of the trial of Ross Ulbricht, the government revealed what the Ulbricht's defense had already known (but was barred from discussing during the trial), that two of the US government agents who gathered much of the evidence that convicted Ulbricht, the Secret Service's Shaun Bridges and the DEA's Carl Mark Force IV, were being indicted for stealing a great deal of Ulbricht's horde of bitcoins. Prior to the jury verdict, such information could easily have contributed to a doubtful jury or even a bias toward jury nullification amongst jurors. Of course, this....