Luke 17:28-30 “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built” but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
The FBI, DEA and multiple other federal agencies combined to shut down a massive online marketplace for illegal drugs and other criminal activities.
The hidden website, called “Silk Road” allowed criminals to buy and sell their goods much like well known sites such as Craigslist. The site’s believed over, Ross Ulbricht, was arrested and the site shut down.
Federal authorities seized over $3.6 million in the online currency “bitcoins”. The criminal website had totaled over $1.2 billion in sales.
The website was called a “black market bazaar” by federal officials. Users could buy drugs in various categories including “Cannabis”, “Ecstasy”, “Intoxicants”, “Prescription” and “Psychedelics.” Customers could also hire hackers to get into Facebook or Twitter accounts. Other “services” were offered including stolen identity information, guns and anonymous bank accounts.
Owner Ulbricht was accused by federal authorities of trying to arrange for the murder of a Silk Road user by a second Silk Road user. The subject of the hit was threatening to release information regarding the users of Silk Road.
