A federal judge on Wednesday ordered that Ulbricht charged with operating a notorious online drug marketplace known as the Silk Road to be sent to New York to face charges.
The so called - Hidden site, Silk Road used an online tool known as Tor to mask the location of its servers, that made it difficult for authorities to know who was using the website.
The site generated about $1.2 billion in sales of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana and other illegal substances in less than three years, with Silk Road's operators netting $80 million in commissions.
People using the site to buy drugs also used the virtual currency Bitcoin to lessen the chances of being detected. But in its statement, the agency said the arrests sent a message to criminals that the anonymity touted by sites like Silk Road is an illusion. "The Hidden Internet isn't hidden and your anonymous activity isn't anonymous," it said. "We know where you are, what you are doing and we will catch you."
Keith Bristow, director general of the NCA said hidden or anonymous online environments were a key priority for the NCA, which had 4,000 officers and the latest technology at its disposal to tackle the problem.
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