The DoJ announced arrests, charges and guilty pleas as part of Operation Darkness Falls, which involved several government agencies.
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Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is dictating tweets from prison
The family of “Dread Pirate Roberts” got him an account and is typing in, word for word, his tweets, including his hope for Trump’s clemency.
Corrupt ex-DEA agent Carl Force gets 6 years for extorting Silk Road
Using the alias “French Maid”, Force posed as a drug dealer and extorted Ross Ulbricht for $50K, promising information on a DEA probe.
That’s “Dead PIGEON”, not “Dead PARROT”! 60 Second Security
Our weekly 1-minute security video. Forget dead parrots…here’s the Dead Pigeon sketch.
Secret Service agent pleads guilty to stealing Silk Road bitcoins
If you can’t trust law enforcement, who can you trust? Shaun Bridges, formerly part of the Baltimore Silk Road task force, has become the second agent to plead guilty to serious charges associated with his time investigating the shady online drug market.
Dark Web market Agora suspends operations due to Tor vulnerability
The temporary move is meant to forestall potential attacks that could expose server IP addresses.
Law enforcement is learning to navigate the Dark Web
Police from 11 countries got to role-play as vendors, buyers and admins on a virtual Darknet, replete with illicit marketplaces and cryptocurrencies.
DEA agent who lined his pockets with Silk Road bitcoins pleads guilty
Carl Force confessed to routing bitcoins into his own accounts while investigating the black market site.
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht gets life without parole
Ross Ulbricht, founder of hidden online marketplace Silk Road, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Silk Road coupon forger charged with wire fraud
US law enforcement’s infiltration and takedown of the Silk Road underground marketplace has turned up yet another court case, with a New Orleans man charged with selling counterfeit shopping coupons through the site, and its successors, on an epic scale.