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The Internet drug trafficking place “Silk Road” was closed by the FBI. The alleged 29-year-old owner was arrested. Bitcoins were also seized in the millions.
divThe U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has internet drug trafficking place “Silk Road” closed and arrested its alleged operators. The 29-year-old chemical engineer was arrested in San Francisco on Tuesday, investigators told on Wednesday.
him are now conspiring to drug trafficking, accused of Internet fraud and money laundering. “Silk Road is now the most advanced and most comprehensive trading place for criminals on the Internet,” said FBI Investigator Christopher Tarbell.
Several thousand drug dealers would have used the site to hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs to sell. The lawyer of the detainee, who was known on the Internet as “Dread Pirate Roberts”, declined to comment.
addition, the learning material side, such as ATMs can be cracked offering, the report said. Visitors could find addresses for connections on the black market, counterfeiters and could hire assassins. More than 900,000 users were trading on the page with drugs and paid for this with Bitcoin, a virtual currency.
The FBI turned bitcoins worth $ 3.6 million safe. In recent media reports about the increasing popularity of virtual currency was repeatedly called Silk Road as an example of the dark side of Internet commerce.
After the arrest Bitcoins lost value. The currency listed according to the online retailer Mt.Gox temporarily at $ 110 – the day before there were more than $ 140
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