In order to take down Silk Road, the FBI had to catch him in the act. Literally, they followed his ass and busted him a library when he was logged in and had to make sure he didn't lock his laptop as they rushed in and apprehended him. The feds have more sophisticated ways now of tracking bitcoin transactions these days.
Do you think this factored in to the takedown of Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road back in 2013? Something about that story always felt off to me.
In order to take down Silk Road, the FBI had to catch him in the act. Literally, they followed his ass and busted him a library when he was logged in and had to make sure he didn't lock his laptop as they rushed in and apprehended him. The feds have more sophisticated ways now of tracking bitcoin transactions these days.