
236: He Created The Dark Web’s Amazon Of Illegal Goods: Ross Ulbricht’s Silk Road
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Ross's Trial: A History of the Silk Road
At Bitcoin's peak in November 2021, the 600,000 coins would have been worth 39 billion dollars. Ross pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and his trial lasted about two weeks. The prosecution argued that six people died as a result of drugs purchased from the Silk Road. Two 16-year-olds who died after taking fake LSD, three overdoses and one death from medical conditions aggravated by drugs bought off the site.
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