Ross Ulbricht & The Silk Road: With Justin of Generation Why

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Using the online moniker “Dread Pirate Roberts,” or “DPR,” ULBRICHT controlled and oversaw every aspect of Silk Road, and managed a staff of paid, online administrators and computer programmers who assisted with the day-to-day operation of the site. Through his ownership and operation of Silk Road, ULBRICHT reaped commissions worth more than $13 million generated from the illicit sales conducted through the site. ULBRICHT also demonstrated a willingness to use violence to protect his criminal enterprise and the anonymity of its users, soliciting six murders-for-hire in connection with operating the site, although there is no evidence that these murders were actually carried out. -FBI.gov If you would like to support the show you can click on the donate button on the right-hand side of www.sloburnmedia.com or via the Venmo app with my username @bill-huffman-3. Any amount is appreciated and it really does help keep the podcast running. If you enjoy this podcast leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. It will help support the show and help keep the important cases I cover in the spotlight.If you’d like to stay up to date on the cases I have covered, as well as the new shows I have in the pipeline, please follow me on Twitter @billhuffman3. Thank you so much again for listening. Until next week… BE SAFE! Sources: https://freeross.org/ Subscribe to Generation Why- This week's guest is Co-Host Justin American Kingpin- Nick Bilton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLOSVAJH2ks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04xlf2j0dDk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcpKx-Hugws&t=7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6iI_aiM4xI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Slow Burn Media and Evergreen Podcast presents Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.
0:14.5	The FBI spent two years trying to find the man behind the site.
0:18.3	I think it was unfair. I think it was not a level playing field.
0:21.6	Silk Road has since been shut down.
0:23.6	Could face life in prison.
0:24.6	Dread pirate Roberts.
0:26.6	grew to become the biggest illegal drug market on the internet.
0:29.6	A federal jury in New York found Ross Ulbricht guilty on all seven counts.
0:34.6	Well, he created this online marketplace. The site operated much much like eBay, it allowed users to buy and sell illegal drugs, guns,
0:42.3	and even higher hitmen.
0:43.3	That was kind of his fatal flaw.
0:45.3	It was pretty ridiculous that you would put your real name out there if you're going to create
0:49.3	this, become a criminal mastermind, but that's what he did.
0:51.3	Well, Ross Ulbricht, as we told you several moments ago, was told by a judge that he would have to forfeit $184 million. It's difficult to say exactly
0:59.2	what the precedent is, but I think what it does show is that the government has the ability to
1:03.8	infiltrate and prosecute hackers. Joining me this week is Justin from Generation Y, one of the most popular true crime podcasts in the industry.
1:16.3	And I am very lucky to be joined this week by Justin.
1:19.5	So thanks for joining me, Justin.
1:20.7	How are you doing this week?
1:21.8	Hey, how are you doing tonight?
1:23.9	I'm not doing too bad.
1:25.5	I feel very happy to have you on the show and very lucky at the same time.
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