Actually not yet convicted of hiring a hitman. There is another trial for that. Apparently his first attempt he hired an fbi agent, posing as a hit man and hi

Actually not yet convicted of hiring a hitman. There is another trial for that. Apparently his first attempt he hired an fbi agent, posing as a hit man and his second attempt seems to have been a con-job... He tried though. Apparently the fbi agent sent fake photos as proof. Article from Ars Comments. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-09/us-says-silk-roads-ulbricht-solicited-six-murders-for-hire http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-09/us-says-si...