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locationlocationSan FranciscocitySan FranciscoThomas Kiernan testified that Ross Ulbricht was arrested in San Francisco, and Jared Der-Yeghiayan confirmed that Ulbricht shared a home there. In opening statements, prosecutors said agents seized his laptop at a public library during an undercover chat; the defense argued that other operators had lured him back to Silk Road to take the blame. Ilhwan Yum testified that the planned seizure of servers in Iceland awaited confirmation from the San Francisco arrest team.
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Thomas Kiernan testified that Ross Ulbricht was arrested in San Francisco, and Jared Der-Yeghiayan confirmed that Ulbricht shared a home there. In opening statements, prosecutors said agents seized his laptop at a public library during an undercover chat; the defense argued that other operators had lured him back to Silk Road to take the blame. Ilhwan Yum testified that the planned seizure of servers in Iceland awaited confirmation from the San Francisco arrest team.

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The arrest and laptop seizure described by the prosecution were central to its effort to identify Ulbricht as Dread Pirate Roberts, an identification the defense disputed.

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