Silk Road Operator Ross Ulbricht Seeks New Trial as Investigation Improprieties Leak Out
Ulbricht’s defense team filed a multipage argument with a list of improprieties and abuses in Ulbricht’s investigation and trial.
The trial of alleged Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, who’s been charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, is concluding.
Ulbricht’s defense team filed a multipage argument with a list of improprieties and abuses in Ulbricht’s investigation and trial.
Today, on Wednesday, the U.S. government said that it plans to auction a collection of Bitcoins seized from Silk Road genius Ross Ulbricht on March 5, 2015.
After a trial which lasted 3 weeks, a Manhattan federal jury has found Ross Ulbricht, 30, mastermind of the web-site Silk Road, guilty on all criminal counts.
A former FBI agent testified that he directly traced millions in bitcoin to the laptop of Ross Ulbricht, the man behind the online black marketplace Silk Road.