U.S. shuts down Silk Road 2.0 website, charges alleged owner

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U.S. shuts down Silk Road 2.0 website, charges alleged owner

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-shuts-down-silk-road-2-0-website-162227167--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jQ_Yq63Euf4hrXn4tc6LcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-06T172739Z_1_LYNXMPEAA50VK_RTROPTP_2_USA-CRIME-SILKROAD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The homepage to alleged Silk Road 2.0 website is seen in a screenshot after it was closed by U.S. authorities" align="left" title="The homepage to alleged Silk Road 2.0 website is seen in a screenshot after it was closed by U.S. authorities" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said Thursday they have shut down the successor website to Silk Road, an underground online drug marketplace, and charged its alleged operator with conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, computer hacking, money laundering and other crimes. Blake Benthall, 26, was arrested on Wednesday in San Francisco and was expected to make an initial court appearance in federal court there later on Thursday. The charges against Benthall carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. A lawyer for Benthall could not immediately be identified. Silk Road 2. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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