Silk Road Owner’s Federal Criminal Trial for Trafficking and Other Charges Has Begun The notorious Deep Web trafficking website, the Silk Road, was seized by federal investigators in October 2013, after the 29-year-old founder was arrested on serious federal criminal charges for murder-for-hire, drug trafficking, and others. After more than a year of waiting, the Silk Road founder’s trial began on January 13th. Ross William Ulbricht, 30, stands accused of operating the “Deep Web” site, the Silk Road, an online bazaar that sold everything … [Read more...]
Silk Road Pirate Leader Convicted in Federal Criminal Trial
February 10, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Dread Pirate Roberts, Leader of the Silk Road, Convicted on All Federal Charges in Federal Criminal Trial In a first-of-its-kind federal lawsuit, the former Dread Pirate Roberts, creator of the illegal trafficking website The Silk Road, has been convicted on all seven federal charges in a federal criminal trial. Ross Ulbricht, 30, went by the online handle “Dread Pirate Roberts,” and created the notorious Deep Web trading site, The Silk Road, which also spawned the radical online-only currency, BitCoin. The Silk Road, which Ulbricht called … [Read more...]
Cancer Doc Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for False Chemo
September 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Cancer Doctor Who Gave Chemotherapy to Healthy Patients Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges A cancer doctor from Detroit has pleaded guilty to federal charges, such as giving healthy patients unnecessary cancer treatment, including dangerous chemotherapy, on Tuesday, September 16th. Reportedly, Dr. Farid Fata pleaded guilty to federal charges without prosecution offering a plea deal. "We weren't interested in bargaining anything away," U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said. She added that she would seek life in prison for Fata, calling the … [Read more...]
