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Case 76: Silk Road (Part 3)

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Ross Albury and the Dread Pirate Roberts

The FBI set up an undercover surveillance team that would follow Ross Albury's every move. Their operation resulted in the other agencies working on the case to immediately stand in. Carl Force sent an encrypted message to the Dread Pirate Roberts, warning him that he had been identified and was about to be caught. He added in a threat that it was easy to get people in jail killed, and he had better delete all records of their conversations. The FBI kept Ross under surveillance for two weeks. They followed him every minute of the day, when he went out for a walk or spent time with friends or went to a cafe. When Ross was seen on his laptop, the Dread PirateRoberts was logged into

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