Ok, you’ve got me on the wording. He wasn’t in jail because he paid for hits, but my point being no matter your thoughts on drug policy, Ross should be in prison
Correct me if I’m wrong: IIRC the feds sent back mock pictures to ‘confirm’ the victims were killed, so I don’t know if anyone was assassinated in reality but, as you said, Ulbricht payed to have them murdered.
That doesn’t mean they’re scams. Ross really did earnestly pay to get people killed, he just got caught in a honey trap trying to do so and that’s a good thing
Keep in mind that a big part of why Ulbricht was in jail was paying to have multiple people murdered
False. Those charges were all dismissed. Dont spread misinformation.
Ok, you’ve got me on the wording. He wasn’t in jail because he paid for hits, but my point being no matter your thoughts on drug policy, Ross should be in prison
He paid money to have people killed in order to protect his profits
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/silk-road-drug-vendor-who-claimed-commit-murders-hire-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht
The fact that he wasn’t convicted of it doesn’t mean it didn’t happen
Correct me if I’m wrong: IIRC the feds sent back mock pictures to ‘confirm’ the victims were killed, so I don’t know if anyone was assassinated in reality but, as you said, Ulbricht payed to have them murdered.
You’re correct. They were all scams, including one by the US government
That doesn’t mean they’re scams. Ross really did earnestly pay to get people killed, he just got caught in a honey trap trying to do so and that’s a good thing
Did you just restate exactly what the person above you already said?
I was clarifying and adding more details, and also restating to make it clear I wasn’t disagreeing at all or trivializing it.
Was it? It wasn’t mentioned in the article and I don’t think I’ve ever heard that before.
“Ulbricht was found guilty of charges including conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking.”
Here you go: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-boss-ordering-5-assassinations/
I’ve never heard about this.
Can you provide a source?
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/silk-road-drug-vendor-who-claimed-commit-murders-hire-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht
Google dude. It was all over the news back when it was new news.
Google didn’t turn up anything conclusive.
Are you sure you’re not misremembering this or making it up? It should be pretty easy for you to provide a source if it’s true.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/feds-take-down-online-fraud-bazaar-silk-road-arrest-alleged-mastermind/