The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among other ...

The Silk Road, the largest black market site on the Tor network, has been shut down by the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, and its alleged owner, Ross William Ulbrecht, arrested in San ...

he was going to pursue a line of questioning suggesting that the man who really controlled Silk Road wasn't his young client, but Mark Karpeles, the wealthy former owner of the Mt. Gox Bitcoin ...

Silk Road's alleged owner Ross William Ulbricht, aka 'Dread Pirate Roberts', has been arrested with reports also claiming the online black market has been shut down by the FBI. Currently ...

Ross Ulbricht, the 29-year-old man accused of operating the digital underground drug marketplace Silk Road, has pleaded not guilty on all charges despite the fact that prosecutors say they have ...

Ross Ulbricht, who stands accused of running the Silk Road black market under the name “Dread Pirate Roberts,” says that new federal bitcoin laws make the charges against him invalid.

The feds have caught up to the Silk Road. The underground website long known for drug trafficking and other illegal activity was seized by the FBI who also arrested the owner on three criminal counts.

Ross Ulbricht’s recent receipt of 300 Bitcoin is from “questionable sources,” but it’s unlikely to be a case where he donated ...

Federal officials announced a grand jury indictment Tuesday of 29-year-old Ross Ulbricht, the man accused of creating online drug marketplace Silk Road. Ulbricht, who remains in custody after ...

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Silk Road was shut down by the FBI and its owner was arrested on Oct. 1. Twitter/OliverSmithEU The infamous Silk Road, an online black market that could be accessed by Tor, has been shut down by ...