Prosecutor release
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure Of Additional $28 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Belonging To Ross William Ulbricht, Alleged Owner And Operator Of Silk Road Website
United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, October 25, 2013. Silk Road seizure, Ulbricht arrest and charges, Bitcoin seizure.
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Published
- October 25, 2013
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 10
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
- Published
- October 25, 2013
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- Address
- No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.
- What it supports
- Silk Road seizure, Ulbricht arrest and charges, Bitcoin seizure
- Dataset id
- src_doj_sdny_silk_road_2013
Research notes
- URL not re-verified character-for-character in this pass. Retrieve from justice.gov before import.
How this source is used
Cited 10 times across 4 record types.
The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Silk Road seizurePrimary source
Darknet market, October 2013
Organization roles
4 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Operational lead, Silk Road seizure
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United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New YorkPrimary source
Prosecuting, Silk Road seizure
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Drug Enforcement AdministrationPrimary source
Investigating, Silk Road seizure
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Internal Revenue Service Criminal InvestigationPrimary source
Financial tracing, Silk Road seizure
Legal actions against people
2 citations
Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.
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Ross William UlbrichtPrimary source
Arrested, Silk Road seizure
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Ross William UlbrichtPrimary source
Charged, Silk Road seizure
Infrastructure
3 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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silkroadvb5piz3r[.]onionPrimary source
Onion service seized, Silk Road seizure
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ServerPrimary source
Server seized, Silk Road seizure
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Cryptocurrency walletPrimary source
Cryptocurrency wallet seized, Silk Road seizure