Ross Ulbricht trial: "I created Silk Road ... but I'm innocent"

On the first day of Ross Ulbricht's trial on Tuesday, a lawyer representing the accused who is considered the brain of Silk Road has declared his client's innocence in all charges brought against him.

Prosecutor Joshua Dratel asked if Ulbricht "invented the Silk Road" and for the first time both Dratel and Ross Ulbricht they admitted it without accepting that the accused participated in any criminal activity.Ross Ulbricht trial

"Ross is not a drug dealer. "Ross has not been involved in any conspiracies," Dratel said in an opening statement.

Dratel also reiterated that, despite his involvement in creating the most malicious online drug market, Ross Ulbricht was not the person behind the nickname "Dread Pirate Roberts."

Ross Ulbricht, according to Dratel's lawyer, had outsourced the management of Silk Road to other, unnamed individuals a few months after its creation. Dratel claimed, that the dia of drugs or other illegal activities occurring on the site after that time had nothing to do with Ulbricht.

As for his capture Ross Ulbricht which took place in a public book of San Francisco in October 2013, Dratel stated that everything was a set-up and that his client had been tricked into being "in that library that day."

Assistant US Attorney Timothy , on the other hand, argued that this was all nonsense and that Ulbricht had been caught red-handed. At the time of his arrest, Howard recalled, Ross Ulbricht was online as Dread Pirate Roberts and was talking to a member of Silk Road's support staff — who just happened to be an undercover FBI agent.

At yesterday's trial, Ulbricht faces four counts of and one for electronics , trafficking in forged documents, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Prosecutors are expected to present a lot of evidence to support the charges, and much of it will come in the form of testimony from undercover agents involved in the Silk Road raid.

For the most serious accusations of the government - that Ulbricht committed murders with hired killers, a new trial will be held in Baltimore, when the New York trial is over.

Ο Ross William Ulbricht, appeared in court dressed in a dark blue jacket, dark pants and appeared upbeat. Present in the courtroom were his parents. Lyn's mother will reportedly also appear in a documentary about Ulbricht and Silk Road called .

Outside the courtroom, there were protesters shouting slogans such as "web hosting is not a crime. WTF; ” and "30 years for an honest website?"

According to Journal, during the morning's jury selection process, several prospective jurors told Judge Katherine Forrest that protesters had given them leaflets urging them to decide that Ulbricht is morally innocent, even if the evidence that would present the government are sufficient and support the charges.

Judge Forrest warned the jury not to see such brochures until a trial was concluded and concluded.

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