Business
Ross William Ulbricht is indicted on charges that he operated the billion-dollar Silk Road website where customers used Bitcoins to buy and sell drugs.
Feb. 4, 2014
Ross William Ulbricht, the San Francisco man convicted of running an underground website that allowed drug dealers to peddle their wares to countless customers online, will spend the rest of his life in federal prison, a judge ruled Friday.
May 29, 2015
A San Francisco man was swiftly convicted Wednesday of creating and operating an underground website that prosecutors said enabled drug dealers around the world to reach customers they would never find on the street.
Feb. 4, 2015
Technology and the Internet
Ross William Ulbricht, the San Francisco man who ran an underground website that allowed drug dealers to sell their goods online, has filed to appeal his conviction and life sentence.
June 5, 2015
Indictment in Silk Road case
Prosecutors arrest the alleged founder of Silk Road, an illicit online marketplace where users paid in Bitcoin virtual money.
Oct. 2, 2013
End of Silk Road for drug users as FBI shuts down illicit website
Two former federal agents investigating the black market website Silk Road, where drugs were sold for bitcoins, have been accused of stealing some of the digital currency during the probe.
March 30, 2015
World & Nation
Just over a month after the illicit drug-dealing website Silk Road was shut down and its alleged founder arrested, the site relaunched Wednesday morning.
Nov. 6, 2013
Silk Road drug website returns -- and ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ is back