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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by chrissnell on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @02:09PM (#6484162)
I said this in the last DPR story (the interview): my bet is that he will go down for tax evasion. It's hard to prove murder, conspiracy, drug trafficking, etc., but it's easy to prove that this guy made a bunch of money and didn't pay taxes on it. He'll get federal prison time for it.
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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by alexeisadeski3 on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @02:33PM (#6484324)
He'll go down for it all.

They'll stack the charges so high you a helicopter to see over 'em. He'll either plead it out and get fifty or fight it and get life. His choice.

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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by nyarlathotep on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @03:58PM (#6484866)
Well he certainly won't go down for murder, seeing as how there's no evidence that the "victim" ever existed in the first place.
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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by alexeisadeski3 on Thursday October 03, 2013 @06:28PM (#6492585)
Conspiracy to murder is punishable with life in prison.
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Re:FBI raids alleged online drug market Silk Road, arrests o... by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @03:14PM (#6484572)
>He'll either plead it out and get fifty or fight it and get life. His choice.

If the federales have all of his assets, he ain't fighting nothing.

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