In one case, they said, Ulbricht paid $80,000 in bitcoins to have a former website employee tortured and killed after he was arrested. But according to prosecutors, the anonymity of Silk Road backfired on Ulbricht after he asked a purported drug smuggler to carry out the hit.
The smuggler was actually an undercover agent, the government said - the same agent who had arrested the employee.
Are there more details about this previous arrest?
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The smuggler was actually an undercover agent, the government said - the same agent who had arrested the employee.
Are there more details about this previous arrest?
A bit of info here: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/feds-silkroad-bos... and commentary here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6486718