The Silk Road Kingpin Hired Hitmen To Kill Snitches

ross-william-ulbrichtThe details of the Silk Road case have been pouring out, including that the man running it attempted to hire a hit man to kill someone he thought was going to snitch. Ross Ulbricht thought he was talking to a hit man when he was actually communicating with an undercover Maryland federal agent.

Ross wanted the man to kill an employee of his who had been arrested and he feared would flip on him. He wired $80,000 dollars from an account in Australia to the agent’s account. Ulrbicht said to the agent that he “never killed a man or had one killed before, but it is the right move in this case”.

Later on Ulbricht attempted to put out another hit on someone who was attempting to blackmail him. No evidence of the man being killed has been found, but communications pertaining to it have shown up. His mother, in Texas, says “He is a really stellar, good person and very idealistic. I know he never meant to hurt anyone.” That says it all, if his mom likes him, how could he of run an international drug distribution website?

Read more at baltimoresun.com

 

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