![]() … but don’t be surprised if it takes a little while to get a response. Hell, a little movie called The Big Lebowski came out relatively. If you’re not in the market for a page-turner, at least add the Silk Road founder on Linkedin. Audience Reviews for Kingpin Turns out this wasn't even the best movie centered around bowling during the 90s. The true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom (the Silk Road, a clandestine Web site hosted on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anythingdrugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisonsfree of the government’s watchful eye)and almost got away with it. The book is written as narrative non-fiction and the details that that the author chose to include are brilliant.Īnyway, if you’re into these sorts of nonfiction narrative stories, here’s the link: American Kingpin. And almost as many ethical gray areas as there are characters.īut as compelling as the story is, the story telling is worth its own mention. ![]() This story, which, again, is true, rivals some of the best crime novels. You’re just going to have to read this thing if you want to know. ![]() ![]() Ulbricht hires the cop to carry out a hit on a former Silk Road employee, which he “does,” successfully convincing Ulbricht that he’s loyal and reliable.īut then the cop crosses an unimaginable ethical line and… well… you know what, sorry. They hit nothing but dead ends for roughly two years, until a semi-rogue DEA agent befriends “Dread Pirate Roberts” (Ulbricht’s online persona), chatting and emailing him frequently, weaving a fabricated backstory about being an experienced large-scale drug smuggler. Before long, every three-letter agency in the government starts to hunt the person or people running The Silk Road. ![]()
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