American Kingpin
The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: xv, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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.
Contents:
The pink pill -- Ross Ulbricht -- Julia Vie -- The debate -- Jared's khat -- The bonfire -- The Silk Road -- Ross the farmer -- Opening day of the Silk Road -- What goes up must come down -- The Gawker article -- A bull's-eye on my back -- Julia tells Erica -- What have you done?! -- Jared and the fifty-ton Flamingo -- From Austin to Australia -- Carl Force's tomorrow -- Variety Jones and the serpent -- Jared goes shopping -- The dread pirate Roberts -- Carl Force is born again -- "O Captain, my captain" -- Ross, hanged or home -- Carl, Eladio, and Nob -- Jared's Chicago versus Carl's Baltimore -- The mutiny -- A billion dollars?! -- The aspiring billionaire in Costa Rica -- Variety Jones goes to Scotland -- The armory opens -- Ross silences Julia -- Chris Tarbell, FBI -- Ross arrives in San Francisco -- Chris is the pit -- Batten down the hatches! -- Jared's dead ends -- A pirate in Dominica -- Carl likes DPR -- Kidney for sale! -- The White House in Utah -- Curtis is tortured -- The first murder -- The FBI joins the hunt -- Camping and the ball -- Gary Alford, IRS -- Life and death on the road -- Gary's big change -- Ross goes underground -- Carl switches teams -- A parking ticket on the internet -- Tarbell finds a mistake -- The fake IDs, part one -- The deconfliction meeting -- Jared becomes Cirrus -- Julia is saved! Hallelujah! -- The fake IDs, part two -- Onward to Federal Plaza -- Julia comes to San Francisco -- I am God -- The phone call -- The good-bye party -- The pink sunset -- Carla Sophia -- FeLiNa -- Arrested -- The laptop -- Ross locked up -- United States of America v. Ross William Ulbricht -- To catch a pirate -- Sentencing -- The plural of mongoose -- The museum -- The others.
Subjects:
Ulbricht, Ross William, 1984-
Criminals -- United States -- Case studies.
Computer crimes -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies.
Black market -- United States -- Case studies.
Drug traffic -- United States -- Case studies.
Electronic commerce -- United States -- Case studies.
Ulbricht, Ross William, 1984-
Criminals -- United States -- Case studies.
Computer crimes -- Investigation -- United States -- Case studies.
Black market -- United States -- Case studies.
Drug traffic -- United States -- Case studies.
Electronic commerce -- United States -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9781591848141 (hbk)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRUE CRIME Bil | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
TRUE CRIME Bil | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/15/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (page 329).