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Right. It was a pretty interesting story.

It was all a set up by a con man who pretended to be both the extortionist and the hitman, to get money out of Ross. But Ross didn't know this and had every intention of commissioning a murder.

Wow BTC Maxis going to glaze him even harder.
I was under the impression Ross tried to get someone killed or had a few people killed? Maybe that's fake news.

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A prescient opinion from the appeal judges:

Not really.

A silkroad mod stole funds from a major seller, so another mod told Ross that he'd need to have the mod killed or people working for the seller would get upset, so he eventually relented and authorized hiring a hitman to solve the situation.

Problem is, every person in that story other than Ross was a federal agent 🤦

It was pure entrapment, and everyone knew it, so the "hitman" related charges were all dropped before they went to court, so it wouldn't get talked about, but they were left in the original charges so the media would see it and flip their shit, which they did.

didn't he try to have someone killed or is that unproven? earnest question.

it'd be awesome if he could do one good thing without making it about him and his dumb grievances

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He's still considered guilty, they're just letting him go.

Wow for real, was it like the same as tornado cash where he just provided a platform?

I knew this was supposed to happen but I'm still fucking shook.