A March 31 filing in federal court regarding the case against James Zhong said authorities had begun liquidating roughly 51,352 seized Bitcoin connected to Silk Road marketplace.
Silk Road dark Web marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht is auctioning his NFT artwork. In a blog post, Ulbricht has said that he is using his artwork to show his story from being a toddler to finding himself behind bars at the age of 29. The proceeds will also be put to help other prisoners.
Thomas Massie Slams Ridiculous Sentencing Of Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht
In the wake of a report from
The Daily Beast that claimed that Donald Trump is considering clemency for Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie appeared on Fox News to slam the ridiculous sentencing of the 36-year-old. This is the greatest violation of the eighth amendment that I m aware of in the United States today, he said. It s a prohibition on the federal government on exacting cruel and unusual punishment. Ross Ulbricht, what he did from a computer screen, does not deserve two life sentences plus 40 years without the chance of parole. Massie noted that two Secret Service and Drug Enforcement Administration agents involved in Ulbricht s case Shaun Bridges and Carl Force, respectively were arrested and imprisoned for stealing money from Silk Road, as