Alleged Silk Road 2.0 Accomplice Arrested on Conspiracy Charges
Federal investigators have confirmed that another arrest has taken place in connection with black market website Silk Road 2.0. Acting US attorney Annette Hayes announced that Brian Richard Farrell, 26, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being a "key administrator" of Silk Road 2.0 under the pseudonym "Doctor Clu". Farrell's arrest comes two months after Blake Benthall, the alleged leader of Silk Road 2.0 was arrested by federal authorities on counts of conspiring to commit drug trafficking, computer hacking, dealing in fraudulent documents and a count of money laundering conspiracy.....
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Here at CryptoCoinsNews we have been following the story of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged leader and criminal mastermind behind Bitcoin-dependent website Silk Road. The website was taken down by federal authorities in 2013, and Ulbricht arrested. The trial is set to begin this week, and the evidence against him has long since been released. Now, the actual charges and potential sentence are revealed, as he looks at life in prison for multiple counts and criminal offenses related to his alleged control of Silk Road. Also read: Judge Rejects Ross Ulbricht's Silk Road Defence On a Technicality.....
US prosecutors have unsealed charges against who they believe is a former high-ranking employee of the Silk Road, the now-defunct online dark marketplace. Roger Thomas Clark was charged with conspiracy to traffic narcotics and conspiracy to launder money. He was arrested in Thailand on 3rd December, according to US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which characterized Clark as a "senior advisor" to the site who operated under the alias "Variety Jones", among others. The charges were originally filed under seal on 21st April, according to the filing. The government....
A team of federal law enforcement officials in New York have announced the unsealing of charges against Roger Thomas Clark, a senior adviser to Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht. According to the unsealed charges, Clark was a close confidante to Ulbricht and advised him on all aspects of Silk Road operations. Clark, arrested on Dec. 3, 2015 in Thailand, is pending extradition to the U. S. In announcing the charges, Preet Bharara, the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Clark served as a trusted confidante to Ulbricht and advised him on how to maximize profits and use....
Prosecutors has brought up new charges in against the accused Silk Road creator (also known as Dread Pirate Roberts) Ross Ulbricht, who was arrested late last year for running allegedly running a web service that allowed online users to purchase narcotics and other illicit items using the bitcoin digital currency. As of Thursday, a new indictment was filed against Ulbricht, adding narcotics trafficking charges, distribution of narcotics via the Internet, and conspiracy to traffic in fraudulent identification documents. Specifically, these charges accuses Ulbricht of assisting in the....
The former CEO of BitInstant and former vice chairman at the Bitcoin Foundation Charlie Shrem has been formally indicted for what authorities say was money laundering over $1 million in connection with Silk Road. Shrem was arrested in late January at John F. Kennedy International Airport following a bitcoin event that took place in Europe. An alleged accomplice, Robert Fiaella, was also arrested in January. Both men are charged with two counts of operating an unregistered money services business, money laundering conspiracy, and willfully neglecting to submit suspicious activity reports to....