Cybersecurity
Silk Road Drug Sales Linked by U.S. to Six Overdose Deaths
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Drug sales from the illicit Silk Road online emporium were linked to six overdose deaths by U.S. prosecutors seeking to send the site’s founder to prison.
The U.S. plans to have parents of two of the individuals, who allegedly overdosed on drugs bought through Silk Road, speak at the sentencing of Ross Ulbricht, the site’s founder, his lawyers said in a court filing.