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Re:Meet the Dread Pirate Roberts, the man behind Silk Road by betterunix on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @05:04PM (#6214254)
There is no guarantee that the money is actually available to him. He probably has most / all of it tied up in Bitcoin, and is probably using only small amounts at a time via exchanges.

It is the classic mafia problem. Yes you can make lots of money on the black market, but it is useless if spending means getting caught. Hence money laundering.

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