Showing posts with label Silk Road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silk Road. Show all posts

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplace

Remember this when you hear his attacks on China, Mexico, and Canada for bringing drugged into this country: 

"…Ulbricht has been incarcerated since 2013 and was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for running the underground market where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200m in illicit trade using bitcoin. Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to tell her he would pardon her son "in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly"…"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/ross-ulbricht-silk-road-trump-pardon



 

Saturday, November 7, 2020

US seizes $1bn in bitcoin linked to Silk Road site

The US government has seized more than $1bn worth of bitcoins connected to the shuttered darknet marketplace Silk Road and is suing for formal forfeiture of the funds...









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