Dozens of illegal websites have been seized by the federal government following the arrest of Blake (Defcon) Benthall, who is accused of operating a string of websites, known as Silk Road 2.0, which sold a plethora of illegal items.

Just one day after Benthall’s Thursday arrest, a string of illegal websites were shut down.

“We will continue to seize websites that promote illegal and harmful activities, and prosecute those who create and operate them,” said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as reported by the New York Daily News.

The charges are distribution of drugs, money laundering, and conspiracy to sell fake ID documents.

Last year in October during the government shutdown, the FBI shut down the online black market Silk Road run by Ross William Ulbricht, known online as the ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’.

Court documents show it was an obvious mistake that led to Benthall’s arrest – the same mistake that got Ulbricht arrested last year, according to the Business Insider: they used their personal e-mail addresses on their Silk Road user accounts.

Even though they both used anonymity services, their e-mail address were registered to the web hosting site for Silk Road. When the FBI temporarily shut down the site to make a copy, or an “image,” an e-mail was automatically sent to Benthall, and last year to Ulbricht. Since the e-mail address was registered under his real name, tracking the e-mail address to the person was easy work for the FBI.

In February, Ulbricht plead not guilty.

Ulbricht and Benthall could face life in prison if they are convicted.