Is a Corrupt FBI Official Threatening Ross Ulbricht's Family?
Is Ross Ulbricht's family in danger? According to CoinTelegraph, Diamond, the alleged alias of a possibly corrupt FBI agent, has delivered threats of torture towards Ulbricht's mother and sister, hoping to obtain the password for a bitcoin account allegedly containing 300,000 bitcoins (roughly about $70 million in USD) that once belonged to Ulbricht. Silk Road architect Variety Jones has also received death threats from the elusive Diamond, who believes that Jones can help him obtain the password, as well as the funds. Jones mentions that Diamond first approached him about moving to....
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Ross Ulbricht has been continuously fighting for his freedom, and to appeal his life sentence he received for operating a website. Ulbricht and his family have taken the case to the Court of Appeals by questioning the investigation, court proceedings, and ultimately the harsh sentencing. On 4th December from 2-10pm EST, many well-known liberty activists....
Source: YouTube user Ross Ulbricht. An update to a story recently posted on the topic of alleged Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. After a bail hearing on the 21st of November, the court decided to not grant Ulbricht bail. Ulbricht's lawyer, Joshua Dratel set before the court the proposition to grant $1 million bail to Ulbricht (an amount pledged by Ulbricht's family and friends). The court decided this wasn't the way to go, particularly after hearing the Manhattan federal prosecutor's case that Ulbricht would try to flee the United States before it was time for his trial. Ulbricht's family....
The website FreeRoss.org has changed its look and has recently added a never before seen 2-minute film of Ross Ulbricht at his home in Austin. The defense of Ulbricht has recently appealed the double life sentence given to the Silk Road creator. The 170-page motion shows that there was significant corruption in the investigation, and it claims Ross did not receive a fair trial. The new website is showing the rare home video of Ulbricht and also contains a new contest to help fund the appeal. The new website has a lot to offer supporters of the Ulbricht family and this very topical case.....
It has been a tough couple of years for Ross Ulbricht and his family. In mid-2015, Ross Ulbricht learned his fate for his involvement in Silk Road (which was futilely appealed). The Silk Road, as readers may remember, was an online black market that featured everything from guns to drugs to counterfeit documents for sale. His mother, Lyn, has suffered serious health complications presumably from the stress associated with the situation. So far the situation seems dire. But it looks like the family is it in it for the long run. In a recent article from The Daily Dot, Patrick Howell O’Neill....
Bitcoin evangelist Roger Ver is at it again. He's not giving away a $20,000 bounty like it's nothing though, but he is offering to donate to a cause relating to Ross Ulbricht. I'll give $10 to @Free_Ross for each RT. If guilty, he's a hero. If innocent, he needs help. http://t.co/XwhqrN06UT pic.twitter.com/Oau4dkFvdV. - Roger Ver (@rogerkver) July 5, 2014. Ross Ulbricht is of course a famous name in the bitcoin community ever since he was arrested late last year in connection with the illicit Silk Road marketplace. Officials say that Ulbricht ran the marketplace covertly, yet Ulbricht....