http://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/durham-couple-indicted-as-part-of-silk-road-2-0-crackdown/ :
Two Durham residents have been indicted on federal drug charges, part of a crackdown on Silk Road 2.0, a series of black market websites used to facilitate drug trafficking. David Schell, 54, and Teri Schell, 59, were arrested after FBI agents learned they were accessing "Silk Road 2.0," an illicit network of websites that facilitated the trafficking of contraband, particularly controlled substances, until its worldwide dismantlement on November 6. On the same day the network was dismantled, agents searched the Schells' residence and found more than 450 marijuana plants a significant amount of processed marijuana, marijuana wax, and 12,000 in cash. According to court documents David Schell mailed more than 100 packages overseas between January and September of this year. David and Teri Schell have both been charged with conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and possess marijuana with intent to distribute. David Schell faces an additional nine distribution charges. Both suspects are out of custody and are scheduled to be arraigned on November 26 in Sacramento.
This case is available in PACER as Case 2:14-cr-00325-JAM:
- complaint: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ycykfkc8f7f3xi/gov.uscourts.caed.274628.1.0.pdf?dl=0
- metadata: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uhnfelrab9erep2/2014-11-20-blackmarkets-schell.maff?dl=0
The complaint is distinctly unhelpful, and does not explain how they came to be monitoring the Schells' PO box. The impression I get, between the news article which drops some information not in the complaint (100 packages?) and the complaint, is that they started with the PO box address and worked back to the Schells from SR2. Unencrypted addresses?
Does anyone know what seller this was? They seem to have been a small seller who shipped from California to domestic & overseas, using primarily 'Forever' stamps, selling marijuana leaf and marijuana wax, and still active when SR2 was busted.
(Pointer from "oz" on Kingdom.)
EDIT: The IP wording seems to have been literal, given the explicit de-anonymizing language used in the DoctorClu warrant & complaint; presumably Cirrus was able to plant malware on the SR2 vendor .onion site.
we love in such a wonderful time that this needs to be clarified.