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Case 76: Silk Road (Part 3)

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Silk Road - The FBI, Homeland Security, and the DEA

More than 100 people were arrested in 43 different countries who had either bought or sold from Silk Road, or worked for it. The FBI and the IRS found that some bitcoins went straight into an account owned by Karl force. They also uncovered all of the other encrypted and deleted messages Karl had sent the Dread Pirate Roberts under his other account names of Nob and Kevin. In one message he signed off using his real name, Karl. He wanted to sell the story of the DEA agent who helped bring down Silk Road - but things fell apart soon after.

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