FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests owner

Sucks to be anyone who used silk road once the FBI look at all the transaction details. No doubt they're going to be coming for everyone and anyone. Make sure your houses are clean people. Particularly in the UK too - remember how the FBI gave details to the British police after they bust all the RC sites.
 
First I've heard of the alleged first hit DPR ordered was for a former employee who was arrested in January. He hired a Fed. It seems hitmen are always agents.

Their chats took a turn when one of Ulbricht's employees was arrested in January, authorities say. They say Ulbricht worried that the employee would blow his cover and asked the undercover agent to have him killed.

Ulbricht said he had "never killed a man or had one killed before, but it is the right move in this case," an agent wrote in court papers.

The agent led Ulbricht to believe that the killing had been carried out, including sending staged photos of the employee being tortured, authorities say. On March 1, they say, Ulbricht wired $80,000 from an account in Australia to an account controlled by authorities.
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-silk-road-shut-down-20131002,0,7548092.story
 
If you're a Breaking Bad fan, you're probably aware this isn't too hard to pull off. If that's a spoiler for you at this point, your inability to use torrents as a member of this community is nearly unfathomable
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Brilliant!
 
In the context of current political upheaval and the drafting of a new budget for the US government, I'm sure the timing on this was no coincidence. Now the FBI, DEA etc. are less likely to be effected by budget cuts since they are doing such a great job. 8(
 
^that's fucked, he must be the guy if he actually was wiring money to have people killed.

I wonder what they mean by "clean hit' vs. "dirty hit"?

does clean hit mean that the guy had no idea it was coming and just got shot in the back of the head or does it mean that the guy just gets kidnapped and disappears for good with no evidence left. Maybe "dirty" means just shooting someone and leaving the body at a scene for the police to find?
 
the site was a great idea, never used it personally cause I knew this day would come. Now the 1 million users of SR are at risk . 1 million people with families , 1 million people who could face imprisonment for simply trying to be to free make a choice that is their birth right to make.
Seriously this system makes me sick , they treat us like animals , cage us , take away our freedom , ruin our future prospects.
And we are all too scared to stand up and be counted because of the risk of being exposed.
How these fucking pigs sleep at night after putting people behind bars simply because of their choice of inebriant.
This shit isn't going to stop unless we do something to stop it.
 
Since I've heard about this, I've always thought it was kind of flawed in a way...

Even if complete anonymity was preserved through several different layers of encryption, every dealer still has an online identity on this website that remains the same. So you order from this person who you have no idea who they are and they use whatever form of shipping they want to use. Any package other than dropping a letter in the mail box, you have to physically go into the post office or FedEx office to hand it to the clerk and pay the postage. All LE would have to do is set up an account, place a bunch of orders with the same "vendor" and then trace the package back to wherever it was mailed from.

Then, they could just review the surveillance tapes....from there it wouldn't take too long to figure out who was on the other end doing it if they really wanted to put the time in. And most of the people on there weren't dealing in bulk, so everytime you go to ship a package you're exposing yourself. I'm probably overlooking something, and I'm sure there's other ways people use of protecting themselves, but mailing drugs to a complete stranger seems like the worst idea in the world, to me....
 
The guy can afford to spend 150 k on a hit, and pay his workers 1-2 k per week but can't afford an attorney?

Ulbricht said he can’t afford an attorney and was assigned a federal public defender. He remains in custody.
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BlueHues said:
^that's fucked, he must be the guy if he actually was wiring money to have people killed.

I wonder what they mean by "clean hit' vs. "dirty hit"?

does clean hit mean that the guy had no idea it was coming and just got shot in the back of the head or does it mean that the guy just gets kidnapped and disappears for good with no evidence left. Maybe "dirty" means just shooting someone and leaving the body at a scene for the police to find?
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As I've had a huge amount of experience in this department, allow me ;)

A "clean hit" is, like, messing with brakes & causing a deadly road accident. A gas explosion in the home. A poisoning that looks like heart failure, that kinda thing.

A "dirty hit" is an obvious killing. Shot in face, stabbed multiple times etc etc A mobster might order a dirty hit so that everyone knows what happened.

Obviously, a clean hit is more expensive!

PS I have NO experience ordering hits, just in case the feds are reading this! Assholes!
 
BlueHues said:
^Interesting...the different techniques you employ!:)
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well you know for 100k one must do a good job, innit?

For Gods sake can this be true? Is DPR & the SR crew really THAT stupid? I wouldn't be surprised if they are/were, but shit, this story really does smell just a wee bit, doesn't it?
 
So, can anyone explain why the SR logo (the green camel) is in the background of the "seized" notice?
 
You guys are really fixated on this fucking camel....It's the FBI, you don't think they whip up a green camel logo?
 
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