One Mistake Took Down this 29-Yr-Old Dark Web Drug Lord

Ross Ulbricht never thought he'd get caught. The first 1,000 people to use my link will get a 1-month FREE trial of Skillshare https://skl.sh/newsthink08221*CORRECTIONS: Ulbricht attended the University of Texas at Dallas, not Austin. He was born in March 27, not March 17.Check out the book American Kingpin by Nick Bilton http://www.americankingpin.com/Newsthink tells the stories of brilliant people shaping our world.Created and narrated by Cindy Pomhttps://twitter.com/cindypomConnect with NewsthinkTwitter ► https://twitter.com/newsthinkTikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@newsthinkFacebook ► https://www.facebook.com/newsthinkThank you to our Patrons: Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Neo Ge, Will LathropSupport us on Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Thumbnail source: Ross Ulbricht photo sourced from freeross.orgSources:0:04 Eric E Castro from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons0:08 Ross Ulbricht image: freeross.org 0:20 Original Silk Road map: Kelvin Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (edited by Newsthink)1:45 Ludwig von Mises Institute, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ via Wikimedia Commons1:50 Mitt Romney image: Chris Devers, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons3:25 Ross Ulbricht image: freeross.org4:47 Jared Der-Yeghiayan image: LinkedIn5:48 Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons6:37 Ross Ulbricht with sister image: freeross.org6:42 Variety Jones photo courtesy of: Eileen Ormsby https://eileenormsby.com/2018/06/16/variety-jones-in-the-usa/7:00 Ross Ulbricht laptop courtesy of the FBI 9:00 Carl Force “Nob” photo shown in court during Ulbricht’s trial9:47 Curtis Clark Green image: Tonya Heaps Green | Facebook 11:20 Chris Tarbell image: LinkedIn12:13 Government exhibit 14:13 Government exhibit 16:56 Eric E Castro from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons22:03 Variety Jones image courtesy of Eileen Ormsby https://eileenormsby.com/2018/06/16/variety-jones-in-the-usa/