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Home » Alleged Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Pleads Not Guilty
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Alleged Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Pleads Not Guilty

Karly MarieBy Karly MarieFebruary 7, 2014Updated:March 5, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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In a Manhattan courtroom today, Ross Ulbricht, the alleged architect behind the infamous Silk Road online marketplace, entered a plea of “not guilty” to all charges against him. Silk Road, often dubbed the ‘eBay of drugs,’ operated on the dark web, facilitating anonymous transactions for illicit goods using Bitcoin. 

Prosecutors have charged Ross Ulbricht with multiple offenses, including narcotics trafficking, computer hacking, and money laundering. Notably, he’s also accused under the “kingpin statute,” a charge typically reserved for major organized crime figures. 

During the arraignment, the prosecution revealed they possess between eight to ten terabytes of evidence. This extensive collection is said to encompass data from Silk Road’s servers and Ulbricht’s personal laptop, which allegedly contains logs and journals detailing his involvement with the platform. 

Ulbricht’s defense attorney, Joshua Dratel, has hinted at challenging the methods used by law enforcement to gather this evidence, suggesting potential overreach or improper surveillance tactics. He alluded to possible collaborations between agencies like the NSA and DEA in compromising anonymity tools such as Tor and Bitcoin, which were integral to Silk Road’s operations. 

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Additionally, Ross Ulbricht has laid claim to approximately 29,000 bitcoins seized from his laptop, part of a larger cache totaling around 174,000 bitcoins (valued at over $130 million at the time). When questioned about asserting ownership of these bitcoins while denying involvement with Silk Road, Dratel remarked, “It’s not illegal to have bitcoins.” 

The trial is set to commence in early November, with proceedings expected to last four to six weeks. As the case unfolds, it promises to shed light on the clandestine operations of dark web marketplaces and the challenges law enforcement faces in combating cybercrime.

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