[jessaustin]

Prosecutors said they expect to transfer Ulbricht to the East Coast, where he faces a criminal complaint filed in New York and a grand jury indictment handed down in Maryland.

If they had arrested someone in New York, the complaint would have been filed in Texas and the grand jury would be impaneled in San Francisco.

[jtbigwoo]

Usually they file charges in the jurisdiction where the crime took place. I suspect there's no logical jurisdiction when the transactions occurred remotely. The investigators were apparently in FBI agents in New York and Maryland. The New York and Maryland U.S. Attorneys both conducted investigations and both filed charges. New York apparently indicted him first. He may also have to stand trial in Maryland later. Popehat has more information.

http://www.popehat.com/2013/10/02/the-silk-road-to-federal-p...