Australian Peter Nash, 42, pled guilty in a US District Court last week to charges of conspiracy to commit narcotics trafficking and money laundering. Both charges come from Nash's one-time role within the Silk Road online drug marketplace.

The plea was entered in the Southern District of New York roughly one month after Ross Ulbricht was convicted on federal charges accusing him of being the mastermind behind Silk Road. Nash went by monikers such as "Samesamebutdifferent," "Batman73," "Symmetry," or "Anonymousasshit" according to court documents, and he worked as a forum moderator for 10 months.

"The forum moderators were responsible for, among other things, monitoring user activity on discussion forums associated with the site, providing guidance to forum users concerning how to conduct business on Silk Road, and reporting any significant problems discussed on the forms to site administrators and to Ulbricht," according to court documents. Salaries for such a position ranged from approximately $50,000 to $75,000 per year, and Nash held the role from January 2013 to October 2013.

Further Reading Feds indict three alleged Silk Road forum moderators and administrators

The indictment (PDF) for U.S. v. Jones is from December 2013, two month's after Ulbricht's initial arrest . It includes two other defendants involved in the Silk Road enterprise: Andrew Michael Jones, aka "Inigo," and Gary Davis, aka "Libertas." Those two were each in their 20s at the time and worked as site administrators. Jones pled guilty in October 2014, becoming a cooperator who was nearly called to testify during the Ulbricht trial according to Reuters . His driver's license and chat logs with Ulbricht were presented as evidence during the proceedings. Davis is pending extradition in Ireland, according to the news outlet

Reuters reports that Nash told the court he never knew the real identity of Dread Pirate Roberts despite being hired by DPR to run Silk Road's chat forum. Nash came to the site at first to purchase drugs and for "social connections," and he now faces the possibility of life in prison. "I deeply regret my conduct and any consequent harm I caused," he said according to Reuters.

According to court documents, authorities found Nash by acquiring the August 2, 2013 "Weekly Report" he compiled for DPR about site activity. Related to his charges of narcotics trafficking, the indictment lists "mixtures and substances containing a detectable amount" of various drugs—1kg of heroin, 5kg or cocaine, 10g of LSD, and 500g of meth.