A 30-year-old Irish man pled guilty in New York on Friday to narcotics conspiracy over the now-defunct “dark web” marketplace Silk Road, just months after being extradited to the United States. US prosecutors say Gary Davis, who went by the alias “Libertas,” was a Silk Road administrator in 2013 — paid a weekly salary to carry out duties that included resolving disputes between drug dealers and buyers on the site. On Friday, he pled guilty in a Manhattan federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, after cutting a plea deal.
