Blake Benthall
Also known as: Defcon
Arrested, Charged
Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026
Index entry last updated August 21, 2026
Alleged operator of Silk Road 2.0.
Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.
Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.
This entry records 2 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.
Legal summary
- Associated takedowns
- Operation Onymous
- Recorded role
- operator of Silk Road 2.0
- Group segment
- Core operator
- Charging authority
- United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
- Charging jurisdiction
- United States
- Case number
- Not published
- Latest recorded action
- Charged, November 2014
- Nationality
- United States
- Country of residence
- United States
Legal history
Every step recorded in the public legal record for this person, in the order it happened.
These entries describe procedure only. Nothing here establishes guilt, and a charge remains an allegation until a court rules.
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November 5, 2014
Arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Francisco, CA, United States.
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November 6, 2014
Charged by United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in NY, United States.