Manhattan U. S. Attorney Unseals Charges Against 'Variety Jones' In Silk Road Marketplace
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....
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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....
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) together with the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York have announced that they have arrested 'Defcon', the operator of illicit black market website Silk Road 2.0. At press time, the Silk Road 2.0 marketplace was no longer operational, with the website displaying a disclaimer that it had been taken down by Europol, Eurojust, the FBI, US Department of Justice and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Authorities arrested 26-year-old San Francisco native Blake Benthall yesterday in his home city. He will appear in federal court today....
Variety Jones, believed by some to be the Silk Road architect and a mentor to Ross Ulbricht, claims a corrupt FBI agent has threatened him for not agreeing to help him access a bitcoin wallet worth $70 million, according to a report by digital journalist Joseph Cox in Motherboard. Jones says the agent wants him to move to Singapore where he will set up a safe house and told him immigration police are hunting him in Thailand where he lives. The agent had previously leaked Jones secret grand jury information and also tipped him ahead of the investigations into Carl Mark Force and Shaun....
The latest chapter of the story of Silk Road began unfolding today with the arrest of Charlie Shrem, the founder of the BitInstant bitcoin exchange, on money laundering charges involving the black marketplace. Shrem and 'BTCKing' are accused, by the Manhattan US Attorney, the DEA and other federal agencies, of engaging in a "scheme to sell" $1m of bitcoin to Silk Road users. Ross William Ulbricht, the 29-year-old alleged mastermind behind the Road, has not yet been tried. He was arrested for violating the narcotics laws of the United States, possessing and distributing controlled....
Charlie Shrem, CEO of bitcoin exchange service BitInstant, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a scheme to "sell and launder over $1m in bitcoins" through the now defunct online black market Silk Road. According to a document published by the Manhattan US Attorney, charges have also been filed against Robert M. Faiella, a 52-year-old Florida native better known as "BTCKing". Both Shrem and Faiella have been charged with conspiring to commit money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, among other individual charges. If convicted, Faiella and Shrem....