The worst thing he actually did was hire a hitman to murder someone. iirc he ended up hiring a fed who sent him staged pictures to make it seem like the deed was done, and he did it because the guy stole a ton of bitcoin from him. (again iirc)
I've read the book "American Kingpin" a couple of times. It's about the rise and fall of the Silk Road. It's a good book if anyone is interested in the topic.
unprosecuted allegations of planning murder-for-hire that much of the media amplified through inaccurate and sensationalized reporting. The allegations were never charged at trial, never proven, never submitted to, or ruled on by, a jury, and eventually dismissed with prejudice.
''No no he really did''
~Some fed who had already decided the guy had to go down no matter how but the accusation fell apart.
That's a fair point. I almost added that I can't vouch for the author of the book. But I believe the agent involved got caught stealing btc of his own so perhaps they didn't want to open that entire can of worms. Pure speculation obv and you're right to point out that nothing was proven. But there are allegedly extensive chat logs.
Maby the fed didn't have to groom him at all to do so and it was all his own idea.
I don't know. And neither did the judge, who didn't rule on that at all, but instead on, in comparaison, small stuff, to slap two life sentences + 40 years on the guy's ass.
Absurdly high, and motivated by an Intersectional Race Marxist judge with ''Privilege'' theory, plus behind-the-scene stuff we don't know yet. Or maby the judge really was this batshit crazy and there is nothing else that motivated her.
The worst thing he actually did was hire a hitman to murder someone. iirc he ended up hiring a fed who sent him staged pictures to make it seem like the deed was done, and he did it because the guy stole a ton of bitcoin from him. (again iirc)
I've read the book "American Kingpin" a couple of times. It's about the rise and fall of the Silk Road. It's a good book if anyone is interested in the topic.
Did he tough?
''No no he really did''
~Some fed who had already decided the guy had to go down no matter how but the accusation fell apart.
I remember their "evidence" was just some posts they got after the seizure of the servers.
That's a fair point. I almost added that I can't vouch for the author of the book. But I believe the agent involved got caught stealing btc of his own so perhaps they didn't want to open that entire can of worms. Pure speculation obv and you're right to point out that nothing was proven. But there are allegedly extensive chat logs.
Maby he did try to hire a hitman.
Maby the fed set him up.
Maby the fed didn't have to groom him at all to do so and it was all his own idea.
I don't know. And neither did the judge, who didn't rule on that at all, but instead on, in comparaison, small stuff, to slap two life sentences + 40 years on the guy's ass.
Absurdly high, and motivated by an Intersectional Race Marxist judge with ''Privilege'' theory, plus behind-the-scene stuff we don't know yet. Or maby the judge really was this batshit crazy and there is nothing else that motivated her.
Yeah I'm not saying the sentence was just or that he shouldn't have been pardoned.