Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the bitcoin-ran Silk Road online illegal drug marketplace, has filed an appeal — less than a week after a federal judge sentenced him to life in prison. The appeal, filed in court on June 1, disputes both the May 29...
Calling the Silk Road “an assault on the public health of our communities,” Federal Judge Katherine Forrest sentenced 31-year-old Ross Ulbricht to life in prison for his role in creating the Silk Road — the bitcoin-ran online drug marketplace that funneled through billions of dollars for...
Ross Ulbricht is trying for one last plea of sympathy as he nears his judgement day in court this week (May 31). The 31-year-old convicted leader of the bitcoin-ran Silk Road, the online marketplace that funneled through billions of dollars for selling heroin, cocaine and crystal...
There are four things that everyone needs to know about the Deep Web. First, it’s the part of Internet that’s not indexed the same way search engines organize Web content. That means that traditional search engines cannot see or grab content from it – thus...
December 28, 2015
In Feb. 2015, a federal jury convicted the man they believed is the Dread Pirate Roberts — AKA the mastermind and ringleader behind the Silk Road online illegal drug trade website that used bitcoin as its currency. That man, of course, was Ross Ulbricht, who was found guilty of seven criminal charges stemming from the site that […]
June 08, 2015
Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the bitcoin-ran Silk Road online illegal drug marketplace, has filed an appeal — less than a week after a federal judge sentenced him to life...
June 01, 2015
Calling the Silk Road “an assault on the public health of our communities,” Federal Judge Katherine Forrest sentenced 31-year-old Ross Ulbricht to life in prison for his role in creating the...
May 01, 2015
Denied. It seems the attorneys for Ross Ulbricht – AKA the Dread Pirate Roberts – have reached the end of the line as federal judge Katherine Forrest rejected their request for a retrial earlier...
