Maybe I’m misunderstanding but are you suggesting that because he unknowingly hired a fake assassin, it’s not as bad of a crime?

I mean, the transcripts don't look great even if it turns out that he was actually talking to a FBI agent who never actually did anything about it:

> Dread Pirate Roberts 3/31/2013 8:59: Don't want to be a pain here, but the price seems high. Not long ago, I had a clean hit done for $80k. Are the prices you quoted the best you can do?

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-bos...