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comment by Stagnant_Pig
Stagnant_Pig  ·  4106 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Silk Road shut down, servers seized

I find it kind of sad. 29 years old and he'll probably be in jail for the rest of his life.





fr33lunch  ·  4104 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The guy supposedly hired a hitman to kill another user. I don't have a lot of empathy for him.

user-inactivated  ·  4097 days ago  ·  link  ·  

source?

fr33lunch  ·  4097 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I heard it on NPR the day the story broke. A cursory Google search yields these: www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/10/02/ross_william_ulbricht_maryland_indictment_the_alleged_silk_road_mastermind.html

www.businessinsider.com/ross-ulbricht-charged-in-2nd-silk-road-for-hire-plot-2013-10