![]() ![]() Is the story of the Silk Road true crime? Bilton spoke to A&E True Crime about crime on the dark web, and what led to the Ulbricht’s downfall. ![]() Under the name “Dread Pirate Roberts” (cribbed from the movie Princess Bride), Ulbricht-like any drug lord-even put out hits on people, including an employee who disrespected the site by stealing $350,000. The self-taught programmer started the site, Silk Road, as an e-commerce marketplace for college kids looking to buy pot or magic mushrooms online without getting caught, but it soon turned into the for heroin, assault rifles, cyanide and hacking tools. The problem? It was a lawless place on the dark web – parts of the web that can only be accessed via special software, configurations, or authorizations-where you could anonymously and securely buy guns and every drug imaginable. In his book, “American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road,” Nick Bilton follows the twisted American Dream of Ross Ulbricht, a young guy from Austin, TX who founded a super successful, billion-dollar startup. How Ross Ulbricht Made It Easy to Buy Drugs and Guns on the Dark Web Article Details: How Ross Ulbricht Made It Easy to Buy Drugs and Guns on the Dark Web ![]()
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