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Federal agents charged over alleged Silk Road Bitcoin theft
Two federal agents have been charged with stealing digital currency during the FBI’s take-down of the Silk Road marketplace.
Top Silk Road drug dealer sentenced to 5 years
Steven Sadler, a major drug dealer operating through the Silk Road underground market has been sentenced to five years in jail for his crimes.
Dark Web’s ‘Evolution’ market vanishes along with $12 million
The owners of the drugs/guns/malware market ‘Evolution’ have vanished with about $12 million in Bitcoin. 
Silk Road lieutenant Peter Nash pleads guilty
Australian Peter Nash, who worked as the main moderator of the online drugs bazaar, pleaded guilty to money laundering and drug trafficking.
The end of the Silk Road for Dread Pirate Roberts – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s our weekly “60 Second Security” video. Enjoy a fresh and entertaining take on the latest security news in just one minute…
Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht found guilty, may face life sentence
Ross Ulbricht, the founder of notorious online underground marketplace Silk Road, has been convicted on seven criminal counts by a Manhattan federal jury and could face life in jail.
Silk Road 2.0 deputy arrested after 6-month attack on Tor
Brian Richard Farrell, aka ” DoctorClu”, was arrested last week. A search warrant shows that the drug market’s kingpins were unmasked after a 6-month assault on Tor. 
Alleged operator of Silk Road 2.0 busted, charged in NYC
The FBI on Thursday arrested Blake Benthall, also known as “Defcon”, for allegedly being kingpin 2.0 of Silk Road 2.0, and the Feds said they won’t get tired of shutting down Silk Roads whenever they spring up.
FBI’s warrantless ‘hack’ of Silk Road was legal, prosecutors claim
Even if FBI agents did hack their way into the Silk Road without a warrant – and they’re most certainly not confessing to that, mind you – the intrusion would have been an upstanding, law-abiding, Fourth Amendment-respecting act of criminal investigation, the government argued in a Monday court filing. 