Prosecutor release

# Operator Of Silk Road 2.0 Website Charged In Manhattan Federal Court

United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, November 6, 2014. Silk Road 2.0 seizure, Benthall arrest and charges, seizure of additional dark markets.

**Source type:** Prosecutor release

**Published:** November 6, 2014

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 7

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York

**Published:** November 6, 2014

**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 2.0 seizure, Benthall arrest and charges, seizure of additional dark markets

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_sdny\_silk\_road\_2\_2014

## Research notes

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How this source is used

Cited 7 times across 5 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.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Operation Onymous](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-onymous)

Darknet market, November 2014

Primary source

### Organization roles

2 citations

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

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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-onymous)

Co-lead, Operation Onymous

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

Charging, Operation Onymous

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Blake Benthall](https://takedownindex.org/people/blake-benthall)

Arrested, Operation Onymous

Primary source
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[Blake Benthall](https://takedownindex.org/people/blake-benthall)

Charged, Operation Onymous

Primary source

### Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[Onion service](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-onymous)

Onion service seized, Operation Onymous

Primary source

### Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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[Silk Road 2.0](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/silk-road-seizure)

Rebrand, Silk Road seizure

Primary source

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