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SILK ROAD: Internet drug and murder scheme had Maryland “hit man”

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<p>FEDS&colon;<strong>Bit-coin drug dealer paid &&num;8220&semi;hit man&&num;8221&semi; to kill his ex-employee&comma; later stated that he wished more people had &&num;8220&semi;integrity&&num;8221&semi;&&num;8230&semi;&period;wired blood money from Australia to Capitol One Bank in Washington&comma; D&period;C&period;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;Ulbricht&period;png"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;the-chesapeake&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;Ulbricht-194x300&period;png" alt&equals;"" title&equals;"Ulbricht" width&equals;"194" height&equals;"300" class&equals;"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3141" &sol;><&sol;a><strong>FROM FORBES<&sol;strong> Feds Allege Silk Road&&num;8217&semi;s Boss Paid For Murders Of Both A Witness And A Blackmailer<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ia601904&period;us&period;archive&period;org&sol;1&sol;items&sol;gov&period;uscourts&period;mdd&period;238311&sol;gov&period;uscourts&period;mdd&period;238311&period;4&period;0&period;pdf">COURT FILING IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN MARYLAND<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>SILK ROAD <&sol;strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;the-underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imag-30818160">where you can buy any drug imaginable<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8212&semi; When I interviewed the Dread Pirate Roberts&comma; the persona behind the anonymous black market drug website known as Silk Road&comma; he described his narcotics bazaar as a victimless libertarian experiment&period; But criminal complaints against Ross William Ulbricht&comma; the 29-year-old entrepreneur who allegedly wore that pirate’s mask&comma; now claim that he was also willing to leave a few bodies in his wake&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In two separate sets of charges released Wednesday following the seizure of the Silk Road’s domain and servers&comma; federal prosecutors accused Ulbricht of not only conspiracies to sell drugs and launder money&comma; but also of paying hitmen for the murder of two individuals&comma; one who is described as attempting to blackmail Ulbricht after hacking a Silk Road vendor and learning the identities of thousands of the site’s users&comma; and another employee of the Silk Road who Ulbricht allegedly feared might reveal him to law enforcement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;DPR’s communications reveal that he has taken it upon himself to police threats to the site from scammers and extortionists&comma;” reads an affidavit from FBI agent Christopher Tarbell&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;and has demonstrated a willingness to use violence in doing so&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;forbes&period;com&sol;sites&sol;andygreenberg&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;02&sol;feds-allege-silk-roads-boss-paid-for-murders-of-both-a-witness-and-a-blackmailer&sol;">READ MORE<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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