During the Silk Road Trial taking place right now, looks like evidence is being shown that Ross Ulbricht, accused of being "Dread Pirate Roberts" (DPR), the mastermind behind Silk Road 1.0, ordered Hell's Angels (a group of bikers) to kill a vendor on the Silk Road:
https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/562316617103998979Sarah Jeong is a journalist who is posting real-time updates on the Silk Road trial directly from court.
She writes:
DPR pm commissioning the hit is very polite. "I would like to put a bounty on his head if it's not too much trouble for you." #SilkRoadTrialDPR pays Hells Angels $500k for tony76/nipplesuckcanuck and roommates. #SilkRoadTrial
Hell's Angels then takes $250k loss bc of Bitcoin price fluctuations. #SilkRoadTrialIt's still to be confirmed if this is all true, but, I just thought I posted this insane news.