Ross Ulbricht Convicted of Running Silk Road
Ross Ulbricht, the alleged mastermind behind the only online drug marketplace, has been convicted of running Silk Road under the name Dread Pirate Roberts. He faces life in prison. Ross Ulbricht, 30, who refused to testify in his own defense, was convicted of all seven crimes he was charged with, including including trafficking drugs on the Internet, narcotics-trafficking conspiracy, running a continuing criminal enterprise, computer-hacking conspiracy and money-laundering conspiracy. The verdict came after little more than three hours of deliberations from the jury. The jury consisted of....
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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....
Lyn Ulbricht, the mother of Ross Ulbricht, the man convicted of running the online dark web marketplace Silk Road, has suffered a heart attack according to the Free Ross official Twitter account. Mrs Ulbricht has expressed shock and worry over the arrest of her child, Ross. She has been a tireless campaigner in her son's case. Lyn suffered a heart attack. She is in hospital and she will be ok. She continues to make improvements every day, watch for recovery updates. - Free_Ross (@Free_Ross) October 30, 2015. Despite the conviction, Ross Ulbricht enjoys myriad supporters, including many....
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 will no longer be standing trial on November 10th, 2014 for his alleged part in the Silk Road underground marketplace. Instead, Wired Reporter Andy Greenberg has reported that the trial has been delayed by two months, to January 2015. Ross Ulbricht faces multiple charges of drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering, and "continuing a criminal enterprise." The charges are serious to say the least. Silk Road, an infamous Deep Net marketplace billed as "Amazon for drugs," was taken offline by joint government agency action in October of 2013. On that day, the FBI....
Unfortunately, the claims of tampered evidence being used in the court trial fell on deaf ears. Although two corrupt law enforcement agents have stolen bitcoins from Silk Road and attempted to extort him, the panel of judges was not overly sympathetic to these claims. Ever since Ross Ulbricht was convicted to life in prison, there has been some significant backlash over this decision. In fact, his defense lawyer continues to question the credibility of the collected evidence. Moreover, two corrupted former law enforcement agents were involved in this case as well. Right now, a three-judge....