8 Users of Silk Road Arrested, 'Many More To Come' 318
An anonymous reader writes "Last week authorities shut down Silk Road, an online black market that made use of Tor to hide activity. They also arrested the site's primary operator, Ross Ulbricht, and seized his possessions. Now, an AP report indicates at least 8 more arrests have been made on people suspected to have sold drugs through the site. Four of the arrests happened in the U.K., two were in the U.S. and two were in Sweden. It looks like they're gearing up for more arrests, as well. Keith Bristow of Britain's National Crime Agency said, 'These latest arrests are just the start; there are many more to come.' Authorities are reportedly mining the site's customer review system, which contains months worth of transaction data, for further leads."
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Silk Road rating A-- (Score:5, Funny)
Instead of weed, package contained SWAT team.
Would not buy again.
(with apologies to xkcd)
Re:Easy to trace??? (Score:4, Funny)
Weaver said in an email, while the traceable nature of bitcoin transfers means the FBI "can now easily follow the money."
WTF I thought part of the point of Bitcoin was it's bloody difficult to trace!!
I find all money difficult to trace .... my wife takes it and I see not race of it again.
Re:Important to note ..... (Score:2, Funny)
the sellers have much needed bitcoin to confiscate. the federal government needs funding, ya know.
Re:Crime (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds a lot like being a CEO or financial investor. If you're good at it, you can steal millions every day.
Re:So... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
If Japan gets involved, they'll use Samurai Jackbots.
Re:Queue The Anarchist & Druggie Comments In.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:With all the problems in the world... (Score:5, Funny)