Australia May Extradite Alleged Silk Road Moderator to US
An Australian man prosecutors allege was one of the moderators of now-defunct online black market Silk Road will likely be sent to the United States for trial soon. Peter Phillip Nash, a former prison employee in Wacol, Queensland, is said to have operated via nicknames that included "Batman73" and "Samesamebutdifferent", on the notorious illicit goods marketplace that boasted an estimated $22m in annual sales. If the charges are true, Nash was one of the key actors working on Silk Road. According to the US District Court Southern District of New York indictment from December 2013, his....
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