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Silk Road founder was tracked down by a Googling tax agent
Gary Alford, a special agent with the IRS, scoured old blog posts and chat room logs to eventually unmask Dread Pirate Roberts.
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Ross Ulbricht appeals Silk Road conviction – did he get a fair trial?
Lawyers for Ross Ulbricht filed an appeal last week, arguing that the evidence against him was tainted by corrupt law enforcement agents.
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Silk Road bitcoin-stealing Secret Service agent re-arrested
Arresting officers found bags containing Bridges’ passport and a notarised copy of his passport, along with corporate records for three offshore entities in Nevis, Belize and Mauritius.
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Silk Road 2.0 deputy sentenced to 8 years in jail
Farrell's 2015 arrest followed a 6-month de-anonymizing attack on Tor codenamed Operation Onymous.
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Silk Road suspect “Libertas” can be extradited to US, says court
Gary Davis of Ireland faces a minimum sentence of 10 years if convicted in the US. An Irish court has said he has to go and face the music.
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Phisher arrested for stealing Bitcoins from dark web users
Even the shadowy dark web is no longer safe from the ravages of cybercrime it seems.
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News in brief: AI detects pain in animals; parallel universe discovered; Silk...
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
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Suspected Dark Web drug dealer undone by his own beard
You can't hide behind your beard, even on the dark web
View ArticleSilk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is dictating tweets from prison
The family of "Dread Pirate Roberts" got him an account and is typing in, word for word, his tweets, including his hope for Trump's clemency.
View ArticleTop dark web drug vendors nabbed by ‘Operation Darkness Falls’
The DoJ announced arrests, charges and guilty pleas as part of Operation Darkness Falls, which involved several government agencies.
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