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Also: Silk Road 1, the original Silk Road
Earlier Tor-based dark marketplace for illegal goods, operated by Ross Ulbricht and shut down in October 2013.
Earlier Tor-based dark marketplace for illegal goods, operated by Ross Ulbricht and shut down in October 2013.
“Probably the most notable of all these dark markets is Silk Road.”
“shutting down Silk Road in October 2013”
Early major darknet marketplace discussed in the episode.
“Ross Ulbricht was the founder of Silk Road, one of the first big dark marketplaces.”
Darknet marketplace described as a sophisticated criminal marketplace used to buy and sell illegal goods.
“One of those burnouts that I was talking about showed me the original Silk Road”
“The FBI took down Silk Road and arrested its owner on October, 2013.”
Darknet marketplace used by Arya to sell fake IDs and described as primarily selling drugs.
“Silk Road, a darknet marketplace which primarily sold drugs”
“There was two vendors on Silk Road for fake IDs.”
Dark-web market referenced as a comparison for marketplace payment flows.
“it wasn’t like the Silk Road where people were selling stuff”
Darknet marketplace discussed as an early major site for buying and selling illegal goods.
“Silk Road was a website on the darknet”
“Silk Road, the leading darknet market, was raided and shut down by the feds in 2013”
A darknet market used as a comparison for the structure and appearance of Besa Mafia.
“It was just like a darknet market like Silk Road or something like that.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Ross Ulbricht | Explicit | 24 |
| outgoing | DEVELOPED_BY | Ross Ulbricht | Explicit | 58 |
| outgoing | OPERATED_BY | Ross Ulbricht | Explicit | 104 |
| incoming | USES | Gal Vallerius | Explicit | 58 |
| incoming | RELATED_TO | Dream Market | Explicit | 58 |
| incoming | USES | V | Explicit | 81 |
| incoming | COMPROMISES | Silk Road takedown | Explicit | 81 |
| incoming | USES | Oracle | Explicit | 104 |
| incoming | USES | Ted Danzig | Explicit | 104 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Silk Road seizure | Explicit | 104 |
| incoming | MENTIONS | Sam Bent | Explicit | 132 |
Silk Road ASSOCIATED_WITH Ross Ulbricht
Ross Ulbricht is described as the person who ran Silk Road and was captured by federal authorities.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“the feds tracked and captured the guy who ran it, Ross Ulbricht”
Silk Road DEVELOPED_BY Ross Ulbricht
Jack identifies Ross Ulbricht as the founder of Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details
“Ross Ulbricht was the founder of Silk Road”
Gal Vallerius USES Silk Road
Prosecutors found connections linking Gal to Silk Road under another username.
Explicit Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details
“connections of him being on Silk Road, Silk Road 2, AlphaBay, Hansa”
Dream Market RELATED_TO Silk Road
Dream Market was modeled to look and operate like Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 58 Details
“The Dream Market was stood up pretty quickly and it was modeled to look and act just like Silk Road”
V says that as a teenager he bought drugs on the original Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 99% · V EP 81 Details
“When I was a teenager, I was buying on the Silk Road.”
Silk Road takedown COMPROMISES Silk Road
The episode describes the FBI takedown as shutting down Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 81 Details
“The FBI took down Silk Road”
Oracle was Arya’s vendor account used to sell fake IDs on Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details
“He decided to make a vendor account on Silk Road to sell fake IDs”
Ted Danzig USES Silk Road
Ted Danzig was identified by Arya as the other fake-ID vendor on Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details
“There was two vendors on Silk Road for fake IDs. So, there was Ted Danzig and then there was me”
Silk Road seizure INVOLVES Silk Road
The Silk Road seizure involved the FBI seizing the Silk Road site.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Arya Ebrahami EP 104 Details
“The FBI arrested the owner of Silk Road and seized the site”
Silk Road OPERATED_BY Ross Ulbricht
Ross Ulbricht is described as the person arrested for running Silk Road.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 104 Details
“the guy who was arrested for running Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht”
Sam says he had exposure to Silk Road and initially thought it was a federal sting operation.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Sam Bent EP 132 Details
“I remember when Silk Road had came out; I honestly – I thought it was a scam”