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American Greed: 'Silk Road: Digital Drug Dealers' Gallery

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Andy Greenberg is a senior head writer for Wired magazine who follows Silk Road's development since shortly after its launch in 2011.

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Andy Greenberg wrote a piece for Forbes Magazine in 2013 where he spent 5 hours talking with Dread Pirate Roberts on an encrypted chat.

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Dread Pirate Roberts thinks Curtis Clark Green has stolen from him. He orders a hit on Green. However, the person he asks to carry out the hit happens to be an undercover agent. Together the undercover agent and Curtis Clark Green stage a photo to send to Dread Pirate Roberts.

Source: Tonya Green

Curtis Clark Green was one of Silk Road's administrators. Dread Pirate Roberts believed he had stolen from him and then order his execution.

Source: Tonya Green

Ilhwan Yum is a former Special Agent with the FBI who investigated Ross Ulbricht and the Silk Road Case.

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Ilhwan Yum helped trace various bitcoin transactions from Silk Road servers to Ross Ulbricht's laptop.

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Joshuah Bearman is a journalist who writes a feature on Silk Road for Wired Magazine.

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Kathryn Haun is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco. She helped investigate the Silk Road case. She also lectures at the Stanford University School of law on cyber crime and cyber currencies.

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Ross Ulbricht, also known as Dread Pirate Roberts, is the creator of online black market website Silk Road.

Source: Julia Vie

Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Katherine Forrest. He has appealed his case.

Source: Julia Vie

Ross Ulbricht was arrested at Glen Park Library after two undercover agents pretended to get into an argument to distract him.

Source: Lyn Ulbricht


Thomas Brown is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney with the Southern District of New York. He helped prosecute the Silk Road case.

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Tigran Gambaryan is an IRS Special Agent. He investigated the Silk Road case and the corrupt undercover agents involved.

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Tom Kiernan is a former computer scientist who was with the FBI. He helped investigate the Silk Road case.

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Tom Kiernan was one of the agents at the Glen Park Library in October of 2013 for the arrest of Ross Ulbricht.

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Ross Ulbricht was found guilty by a jury on several counts including conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiracy to commit or aid and abet computer hacking, and continuing a criminal enterprise.

Source: Julia Vie