Dread Pirate Roberts Walks the Plank: Ross Ulbricht Given a Guilty Verdict
Following the three week trial of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged drug kingpin behind the Silk Road underground marketplace has been found guilty on all counts. January witnessed Ulbricht's lawyer Joshua Dratel battling prosecutor Timothy Howard through any means necessary, despite the heavy evidence continually mounting against his client, the defendant now pinned as DPR. At one point, Dratel even thought it would be smart to point the finger at Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of doomed bitcoin conglomerate Mt. Gox and suggest that he was the real culprit behind Silk Road, but ultimately all....
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Is Mark Karpeles the infamous Dread Pirate Roberts? The Ross Ulbricht trial currently ongoing in New York City has taken an unexpected turn. The defense, with the help of the undercover Silk Road agent working for the Department of Homeland Security, Der-Yeghiayan, has seemingly successfully presented the case that the culpable Dread Pirate Roberts behind Silk Road was not Ross Ulbricht but Mark Karpeles of Mt. Gox instead. Joshua Dratel, Ross Ulbricht's lawyer, told the court:
Accused Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht has been found guilty on all charges on the first day of jury deliberations. Ulbricht, alleged by the US government to be the so-called Dread Pirate Roberts behind the now-defunct online black marketplace, was ruled guilty on a total of seven charges, which include narcotics trafficking on the Internet, conspiracy to commit money laundering and computer hacking. The jury received initial instructions on 4th February, and reached a verdict after three and a half hours of deliberation. The verdict marks the beginning of a new phase in Ulbricht's....