Silk Road

Former Secret Service agent pleads guilty in Bitcoin theft

A former Secret Service agent pleaded guilty on Monday to diverting to his personal account over $80...

Sep 01, 2015 01:13 AM EDT

N.Y. man convicted of trying to buy ricin 'death pills' online

A New York man was found guilty on Thursday of trying to buy the deadly toxin ricin on a secretive b...

Aug 28, 2015 03:31 AM EDT

Creator of Silk Road website faces sentencing for drug scheme

The accused mastermind behind the underground website Silk Road will be sentenced on Friday for orch...

May 29, 2015 09:02 AM EDT

Accused Silk Road operator convicted on U.S. drug charges

The suspected mastermind behind the underground website Silk Road was convicted on narcotics and oth...

Feb 04, 2015 08:25 PM EST

Accused Silk Road operator never abandoned website, U.S. tells jury

A U.S. prosecutor sought on Tuesday to dissuade jurors from believing that the man who created the u...

Feb 03, 2015 06:44 PM EST

U.S. sharply reduces Silk Road's estimated sales volume

When U.S. authorities announced the arrest of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht in October 2013, they ...

Jan 17, 2015 05:16 AM EST

Bitcoin backer gets two years prison for illicit transfers

Charlie Shrem, an outspoken supporter of bitcoins, was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday fo...

Dec 19, 2014 06:22 PM EST

U.S., European authorities arrest 16 online drug, weapons traders

U.S. and European authorities have arrested 16 suspected members of underground drugs and weapons cy...

Nov 07, 2014 07:42 AM EST

Bitcoin promoter to plead guilty to unlicensed money transmission

Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has reached a plea deal to resolve U.S. charges that he engaged i...

Aug 30, 2014 08:39 PM EDT

Survey reveals more Britons purchase illegal drugs online despite Silk Road bust

The latest Global Drug Survey (GDS) revealed that drug users still opt to purchase their drugs onlin...

Apr 14, 2014 11:04 AM EDT

Money Laundering Charges Stymie Momentum For Bitcoin Currency

Florida's state authorities announced last Thursday that three men faced criminal charges stemming f...

Feb 17, 2014 07:43 PM EST

Miami money laundering case marks first arrest made on Bitcoin fraud allegations

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement that its arrest of Pascal R...

Feb 10, 2014 11:56 AM EST

Silk Road Shut Down: Feds Seize Illegal Black Market Website & Arrest Operator Ross William Ulbricht (Video)

The FBI has shut down Silk Road, an online drug bazaar, and arrested Ross William Ulbricht, the man ...

Oct 02, 2013 08:51 PM EDT