no he didn't. you guys have so much false info it's retarded. he was being blackmailed.  he had someone come to him (a fed) saying they had access to all the silk road users data and would publish it unless ross forks over btc. another user (a fed) offered to off this other user with a hit. ross asked "really?" because he didn't believe them... ... this whole botched entrapment got turned into  > dur ross hired a hitman no feds tried to get him to and he didn't take the bait the way they wanted. charges got thrown out completely on that one.
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