Court Delays Ross Ulbricht Silk Road Trial Until January 2015

The case against alleged Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht has been delayed until next year.
Wired reporter Andy Greenberg first reported on Twitter that Ulbricht’s defense counsel had sought to postpone the start of trial, which was scheduled to begin on 10th November. US District Judge Katherine Forrest then adjourned the trial until early January.
Ulbricht has pled not guilty to charges of drug trafficking, money laundering, hacking and criminal enterprise, and in August pled not guilty to additional drug and conspiracy charges.
The prosecution is arguing that Ross Ulbricht is the mastermind of the now-defunct Silk Road marketplace, but friends, family and supporters say that Ulbricht is the target of an unfair legal inquisition.

This post was published at Coin Desk on October 15, 2014.