View Silk Road Owner Arrested Background. Ross william ulbricht (born march 27, 1984) is an american convict who created and operated the darknet market website silk road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. A copy of the complaint filed in the southern district of new york charged ulbricht with narcotics trafficking conspiracy, computer hacking conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. In 2013 ulbricht was arrested and indicted on seven charges including conspiracy to launder he envisioned silk road as a means to abolish the use of coercion and aggression amongst mankind, according to his linkedin page.
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Fbi agents arrested alleged silk road 2.0 owner and operator blake benthall in san francisco on wednesday, the bureau's new york field office announced thursday. February 6, 2012 silk road admin announces his name as dread pirate roberts (dpr).4. Blake benthall, 26, arrested after allegedly resurrected drugs and contraband goods market after original incarnation was shut down by the fbi last year. 'silk road has emerged as the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the internet today,' fbi agent christopher the raid on wednesday was not the first time the u.s. His arrest this week has a canadian connection.
Silk road has not been compromised even if the allegations are true.
Silk road 2.0 was launched late last year, weeks after authorities had shuttered the original silk road website in october and arrested its alleged owner, ross ulbricht, who went by the online alias, dread pirate roberts. Silk road's owner, who is known by the alias dread pirate roberts or dpr, posted the following comment on his site's forums friday morning in an attempt to quell growing concern by the site's users: Ross ulbricht told redandwhite that he wanted to put a bounty on a vendor's head. Authorities say mr ulbricht operated the silk road site under the name dread pirate roberts, an apparent reference to the movie the princess bride. Authorities are not stopping with the takedown of silk road's alleged owner; He was arrested last year as the site was shut down by the fbi. Purchases were made using the virtual currency bitcoin. Since alleged owner ross ulbricht's indictment last week, eight people in three different countries have been arrested in. Silk road's alleged owner ross william ulbricht, aka 'dread pirate roberts', has been arrested with reports also claiming the online black market has been shut down by the fbi. Authorities have arrested alleged silk road drug trafficker hugh brian haney per an announcement from a new york district attorney.