Ross Ulbricht, who went by the name 'Dread Pirate Roberts' online, has been convicted on all counts for running the illegal, anonymous bazaar, the Silk Road.
The Silk Road underground marketplace allowed users to purchase drugs, buy counterfeit products, and trade child pornography while paying with Bitcoin digital currency.
In just 3 hours of deliberations, the jury found Ulbricht ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by yellowsub: People in the future will read about this and view it as we view the burning of witches in Salem.
No kidding....only a jackass would diminish the criminality of something like this. Ain't like bustin' peeps for smokin' weed man! GET A CLUE!!!!!!!!!
This guy sold, exchanged, traded, etc, drugs, weapons, body parts. This shit fuels terror cells and nefarious people that would honestly do the world a favour(as well as a personal favour to me) by dying.
And Bitcoins.......don't get me started.
Gotta love the B.S. notion of introducing a nonsense form of currency in an attempt to totally eradicate and/or circumvent the world's main currency.
As for child porn......OMFG! Anyone that deals is one that the world won't miss if they get "taken out!"
