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Did the FBI break the law taking down Silk Road?

09
Sep
2014

Law enforcement located Silk Road by finding and accessing a server that wasn’t supposed to be public. When others do this the government calls it a felony.

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Accused Silk Road creator loses bid to dismiss U.S. indictment

10
Jul
2014

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man accused of creating Silk Road, which U.S. authorities said was an online drug marketplace, lost his bid on Wednesday to dismiss a federal indictment accusing him of conspiring to deal illegal narcotics and launder money. Ross Ulbricht, who prosecutors said was known online as “Dread Pirate […]

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One Bidder Walks Away with All of the Bitcoins from the Feds’ Silk Road Auction

02
Jul
2014

Last fall, the government shut down the Silk Road, an online drug market. In the process of taking down the Silk Road, federal agents seized 29,656 Bitcoins. The U.S. Marshals Service put up the Bitcoins for a twelve-hour auction on June 27.

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