Silk Road scammer charged with narcotics trafficking and money laundering

The Justice Department [announced](https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-05/u.s._v._ellingson_indictment.pdf) new charges Thursday against one of the most notorious scammers on the now-defunct criminal marketplace Silk Road, who they say allegedly used the platform to sell a variety of drugs. In a statement, the DOJ said 47-year-old Canadian national James Ellingson – known by his Silk Road account names “redandwhite,” “MarijuanaIsMyMuse”

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