American kingpin
Subtitle: the epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind the Silk Road
By: Nick Bilton
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9781591848141
Subjects: Criminals; Drug traffic; Black market; Investigation; Electronic commerce; Computer crimes; Case studies
Description: From New York Times-bestselling author Nick Bilton comes a true-life thriller about the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, the founder of the online black market Silk Road.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 329).
Table of contents: title: The pink pill; title: Ross Ulbricht; title: Julia Vie; title: The debate; title: Jared's khat; title: The bonfire; title: The Silk Road; title: Ross the farmer; title: Opening day of the Silk Road; title: What goes up must come down; title: The Gawker article; title: A bull's-eye on my back; title: Julia tells Erica; title: What have you done?!; title: Jared and the fifty-ton Flamingo; title: From Austin to Australia; title: Carl Force's tomorrow; title: Variety Jones and the serpent; title: Jared goes shopping; title: The dread pirate Roberts; title: Carl Force is born again; title: "O Captain, my captain"; title: Ross, hanged or home; title: Carl, Eladio, and Nob; title: Jared's Chicago versus Carl's Baltimore; title: The mutiny; title: A billion dollars?!; title: The aspiring billionaire in Costa Rica; title: Variety Jones goes to Scotland; title: The armory opens; title: Ross silences Julia; title: Chris Tarbell, FBI; title: Ross arrives in San Francisco; title: Chris is the pit; title: Batten down the hatches!; title: Jared's dead ends; title: A pirate in Dominica; title: Carl likes DPR; title: Kidney for sale!; title: The White House in Utah; title: Curtis is tortured; title: The first murder; title: The FBI joins the hunt; title: Camping and the ball; title: Gary Alford, IRS; title: Life and death on the road; title: Gary's big change; title: Ross goes underground; title: Carl switches teams; title: A parking ticket on the internet; title: Tarbell finds a mistake; title: The fake IDs, part one; title: The deconfliction meeting; title: Jared becomes Cirrus; title: Julia is saved! Hallelujah!; title: The fake IDs, part two; title: Onward to Federal Plaza; title: Julia comes to San Francisco; title: I am God; title: The phone call; title: The good-bye party; title: The pink sunset; title: Carla Sophia; title: FeLiNa; title: Arrested; title: The laptop; title: Ross locked up; title: United States of America v. Ross William Ulbricht; title: To catch a pirate; title: Sentencing; title: The plural of mongoose; title: The museum; title: The others.