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Author:
Bilton, Nick, author.
Title:
American kingpin : the epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind the Silk Road / Nick Bilton.
Publisher:
Portfolio/Penguin,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xv, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Ulbrict, Ross,--1984-
Criminals--United States--Case studies.
Computer crimes--Investigation--United States--Case studies.
Black market--United States--Case studies.
Drug traffic--United States--Case studies.
Electronic commerce--United States--Case studies.
True crime stories.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 329).
Contents:
The pink pill -- Ross Ulbricht -- Julia Vie -- The debate -- Jared's khat -- The bonfire -- The Silk Road -- Ross the farmer -- Opening day of the Silk Road -- What goes up must come down -- The Gawker article -- A bull's-eye on my back -- Julia tells Erica -- What have you done?! -- Jared and the fifty-ton Flamingo -- From Austin to Australia -- Carl Force's tomorrow -- Variety Jones and the serpent -- Jared goes shopping -- The dread pirate Roberts -- Carl Force is born again -- "O Captain, my captain" -- Ross, hanged or home -- Carl, Eladio, and Nob -- Jared's Chicago versus Carl's Baltimore -- The mutiny -- A billion dollars?! -- The aspiring billionaire in Costa Rica -- Variety Jones goes to Scotland -- The armory opens -- Ross silences Julia -- Chris Tarbell, FBI -- Ross arrives in San Francisco -- Chris is the pit -- Batten down the hatches! -- Jared's dead ends -- A pirate in Dominica -- Carl likes DPR -- Kidney for sale! -- The White House in Utah -- Curtis is tortured -- The first murder -- The FBI joins the hunt -- Camping and the ball -- Gary Alford, IRS -- Life and death on the road -- Gary's big change -- Ross goes underground -- Carl switches teams -- A parking ticket on the internet -- Tarbell finds a mistake -- The fake IDs, part one -- The deconfliction meeting -- Jared becomes Cirrus -- Julia is saved! Hallelujah! -- The fake IDs, part two -- Onward to Federal Plaza -- Julia comes to San Francisco -- I am God -- The phone call -- The good-bye party -- The pink sunset -- Carla Sophia -- FeLiNa -- Arrested -- The laptop -- Ross locked up -- United States of America v. Ross William Ulbricht -- To catch a pirate -- Sentencing -- The plural of mongoose -- The museum -- The others.
Summary:
The unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom?and almost got away with it
ISBN:
1591848148
9781591848141
OCLC:
(OCoLC)974566740
LCCN:
2016050581
Locations:
WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)
GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
YXPB162 -- Clarence Public Library (Edna Zybell Memorial Library) (Clarence)
CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)
ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)
SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)
AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)
GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)
VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)

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