Hi, I'm Ryan Levy.

Welcome to Cyber reasons's malicious life. It's probably safe to say that when 30 years old Ross Arbricht launched Silk Road, the Amazon of Drugs, in February 2011,

he had no idea that within less than a year his libertarian free market experiment would become a

record-setting success netting him hundreds of millions of dollars.

But Silk Road's new-found fame did more than bring the site more sellers and buyers.

It also brought it more attention from law enforcement agencies, as well as hackers and other shady characters.

At Chicago's O'Hore Airport over a period of four months, I see Agent Jared De Yagyan had amassed hundreds of envelopes

containing various drugs sent to Silk Road customers.

He even opened an account on Silk Road and ordered drugs from several

international sellers. Most of the items he ordered were indeed sent to his PO box.

Silk Road was living up to its reputation.

But when the Yagian tried to convince his managers to investigate the matter more closely, he was met with a refusal.

The quantities of drugs he seized so far, his bosses said, were too small to warrant a full-blown investigation and so for the

present time the Yagian was still a task force of one but not not for long.

At roughly the same time, a multi-agency task force was being assembled in Baltimore, Maryland

to take down the silk road.

Carl Force was seasoned DEA undercover agent. He had his share of fake identities and door-kicking drug busts.

Now in his late 40s, after a two-year break from active duty due to a mental breakdown, he was back with the DEA as a

desk cup.

When the call came in February 2012 to join the Silk Road Task Force in Baltimore, he saw in it the action and excitement

he was badly missing. Assuming the role of a cocaine and heroin smuggler from the Dominican Republic,

force went undercover as a seller on silk road, calling himself

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