Nearly a month ago, Canadian authorities arrested a man they believe to be "redandwhite," a hitman allegedly hired by Ross Ulbricht. Also known as Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR), Ulbricht created the infamous and now-defunct underground drug website, Silk Road.

Ulbricht is now serving a double life sentence. Earlier this year, after a federal judge ended Ulbricht's chances for a new trial, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in his case.

The new suspect, James Ellingson, age 42, was released on bail earlier this month by a judge in British Columbia despite American efforts to keep him detained. Separately, Ellingson allegedly made $2 million in profits from selling drugs directly on Silk Road.

According to a November 2 Vancouver court ruling, an American federal magistrate judge in New York issued a warrant for Ellingson's arrest in January 2018 on charges of drug trafficking. A search of American court records does not reveal any criminal complaints filed against Ellingson, which could mean they have either been sealed or not yet filed.

Ellingson's arrest was first reported by the Vancouver Sun.

According to evidence presented at Ulbricht's 2015 trial, redandwhite's involvement in Silk Road began in March 2013. Within a week of redandwhite's initial contact with Ulbricht, redandwhite claimed to have orchestrated a killing on Ulbricht's behalf. However, no evidence exists that anyone was actually murdered, which raises the question as to whether redandwhite was actually a drug dealer and/or was just trying to scam DPR.

"For [Ulbricht], it was trivial," then-federal prosecutor Serrin Turner said during closing arguments at Ulbricht's trial. "The click of a mouse, send $500,000, half a million dollars' worth of bitcoins, wait for the picture of a dead body. Thank goodness it does not look like any murders occurred. Thank goodness that this man's power trip was stopped before he managed to connect with a true hitman through his criminal website."