The Road Taken
“Let’s be clear — this Silk Road, in whatever form, is the road to prison. Those looking to follow in the footsteps of alleged cybercriminals should understand that we will return as many times as necessary to shut down noxious online criminal bazaars. We don’t get tired.” So wrote Manhattan U.S. attorney Preet Bharara as Silk Road 2 ended the same way as the original; with a major drug bust and an arrest in San Francisco.