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by f0xJtpvHYTVQ88B 1446 days ago
Those charges were dropped[0]. Maybe because there was nothing to them and they were just used to poison the well. Maybe the FBI agents who had access to the DPR account who stole bitcoin planted it in the first place[1].

[0] https://reason.com/2018/07/25/ross-ulbrichts-murder-for-hire...

[1] https://news.bitcoin.com/rogue-silk-road-agent-admits-to-ste...