Underground Drugs Market website ‘Silk Road’ Founder Arrested by FBI
Underground Drugs Market website ‘Silk Road’ Founder Arrested by FBI: The FBI had seized a website called ‘Silk Road’, that was considered one of the most popular Underground places on the Internet for buying drugs and other illicit goods and services.
They arrested the site’s alleged founder, Ross William Ulbricht, known as “Dread Pirate Roberts,” in San Francisco, who reportedly had 26,000 Bitcoins worth $3.6 million.
The FBI used information from Comcast in the investigation and collaborated with US Customs and Border Patrol, the Internal Revenue Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security.