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 seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Darknet market, October 2013

Primary source

### Organization roles

4 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Operational lead, Silk Road seizure

Primary source
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[United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Prosecuting, Silk Road seizure

Primary source
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[Drug Enforcement Administration](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Investigating, Silk Road seizure

Primary source
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[Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Financial tracing, Silk Road seizure

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Ross William Ulbricht](https://takedownindex.org/people/ross-william-ulbricht)

Arrested, Silk Road seizure

Primary source
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[Ross William Ulbricht](https://takedownindex.org/people/ross-william-ulbricht)

Charged, Silk Road seizure

Primary source

### Infrastructure

3 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[silkroadvb5piz3r[.]onion](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Onion service seized, Silk Road seizure

Primary source
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[Server](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Server seized, Silk Road seizure

Primary source
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[Cryptocurrency wallet](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Cryptocurrency wallet seized, Silk Road seizure

Primary source

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