According to a p?ress release from the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York's office, the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

According to the indictm?ent, Peter Philip Nash went by the handles "samesamebutdifferent," "Batman73," "Symmetry," and "Anonymousasshit" while working as the underground site's "primary moderator" for at least 10 months in 2013, before the FBI shut Silk Road down. As moderator, the document states, Nash would send weekly reports to "Dread Pirate Roberts" with updates on the latest happenings on the site's forums.

Nash was indicted with two other defendants, Andrew Michael Jones and Gary Davis, on counts of narcotics trafficking conspiracy, computer hacking conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy.