[kemayo]

...didn't the Silk Road guy (which is what I assume you're referencing) also hire assassins to attack his criminal-enterprise opponents?

[mypastself]

Was he convicted of that?

[Jerrrry]

He "hired" an FBI agent to kill another (non existing) FBI agent after being extorted and lied to by an FBI agent.

But keep repeating the "truth" til it becomes facts.

Remember the autistic kids that get set up by the FBI?

That, but virtually.

[icapybara]

Maybe I’m misunderstanding but are you suggesting that because he unknowingly hired a fake assassin, it’s not as bad of a crime?

[kemayo]

I mean, the transcripts don't look great even if it turns out that he was actually talking to a FBI agent who never actually did anything about it:

> Dread Pirate Roberts 3/31/2013 8:59: Don't want to be a pain here, but the price seems high. Not long ago, I had a clean hit done for $80k. Are the prices you quoted the best you can do?

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-bos...