236: He Created The Dark Web’s Amazon Of Illegal Goods: Ross Ulbricht’s Silk Road
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The Silk Road
The US Postal Inspector Service was seeing an uptick in drugs being sent through the mail. An FBI agent named Chris Tarbell got on the case, determined to be the agent that brought down the Silk Road. By mid 2012, Ross must have had some idea that he needed an exit plan. He started researching tax havens like Monte Carlo and Andora. Before the crash, I should say, before the crypto crash, it would have been a multi-multi-billionaire.
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