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The part where they connected his new StackExchange username to information they pulled from the machine image of Silk Road they'd already made in July.

Finding the machine and busting the VPN that connected to it were the real ways they tracked him down. Oh, and of course the Customs and Border patrol seizure of the forged documents he ordered, during a "routine inspection".



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