Revelations of Evidence Tampering Help Boost Global Support of Ross Ulbricht
In a display of support, on December 4 a worldwide audience tuned in to Free Ross-A-Thon. The eight hour online fundraiser set a $14,000 target to offset expenses tied to Ulbricht’s court appeal. The event surpassed all expectations by yielding $50,000 from contributors around the world. The largest donation, in the amount of $25,000, came from Bitcoin....
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Ross Ulbricht’s defense team has uncovered more proof of evidence tampering in the Silk Road case undermining his life sentence. Evidence Tampering a ‘Travesty of Justice’. Ross Ulbricht’s legal team has announced finding more proof of evidence tampering. A previously unknown copy of the Silk Road forum database clearly shows that someone with access to the site deleted significant portions of evidence, according to Ulbricht’s lawyers. This revelation adds another layer of complexity to a case already riddled with corruption of law enforcement agents who “broke bad” and were convicted for....
Today, in a breaking development, Ross Ulbricht’s defense team has revealed that on November 18, 2013, someone logged into accounts on the Silk Road forum associated with “Dread Pirate Roberts” (DPR) while Ulbricht was already in custody following his arrest on October 1. Along with evidence that evidence-tampering may have taken place, this fact was documented in a discovery letter this week by his legal team. The revelation follows last year’s conviction of Drug Enforcement agent, Carl Mark Force IV, and Secret Service / NSA agent, Shaun Bridges, both of whom were Silk Road....
The New York City prosecutors' evidence against Ross Ulbricht has been released in the build up to the January 2015 Silk Road Trial. Ulbricht stands accused of being Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR), the head of Silk Road, one of the first in a long line of underground Deep Web/Dark Net marketplaces that rely on technology and cryptography to function. Though it has been over a year since the arrest of Ross Ulbricht at the beginning of October in 2013, the list of evidence that will be used by the Silk Road prosecutors in the January trial was obtained recently by the Daily Dot. Ross Ulbricht's....
There may be more than one Dread Pirate Roberts, says Ross Ulbricht's lawyers after someone accessed the account while he was in federal custody. Silk Road has left an indelible mark on Bitcoin’s history. The deep web marketplace operated by Ross Ulbricht is again in the news over a year after he was sentenced to life in prison on charges of money laundering, computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic fraudulent identity documents and conspiracy to traffic narcotics. This time, it is because of “another” Dread Pirate Roberts! According to the lawyers representing Ross Ulbricht, someone had....
The alleged involvement of another corrupt agent in the investigation of Ross Ulbricht and the Silk Road raises questions about evidence suppression. The closure of Silk Road followed by Ross Ulbricht’s arrest and conviction has been one of the high-profile cases in the history of Bitcoin. The involvement of corrupt agents in the investigation created a backlash to the agencies involved in the Silk Road investigation namely, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Secret Service. After two agents, Carl Force (DEA) and Shawn Bridges (Secret Service) were found guilty of....