The case of the Silk Road online illegal drug marketplace has found itself back in the news, as criminal accusations tied to the bitcoins that funded the site have been tangled up in another criminal matter. Former Drug Enforcement Administration officer Carl Mark Force IV and former...
Ross Ulbricht, the convicted creator of the Silk Road online drug bazaar, is set to be sentenced in May, but his lawyer has filed a motion in New York federal court requesting a retrial, CryptoCoinsNews reported. Ulbricht, the self-declared libertarian economist who claimed he created...
New evidence suggests the downfall of the Tokyo based Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox might have been an inside job executed by an automated bot. According to a report released by Bitcoin security consulting firm Wizsec, the unofficial investigation run by the company has generated evidence...
March 10, 2015
Ross Ulbricht, the convicted creator of the Silk Road online drug bazaar, is set to be sentenced in May, but his lawyer has filed a motion in New York federal court requesting a retrial, CryptoCoinsNews reported. Ulbricht, the self-declared libertarian economist who claimed he created the site as an economic experiment, was convicted in February […]