The Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense ‘Free Ross’ Was Hacked
“Just a quick note to say that we were hacked and the hackers still have control of our email account [email protected],” the family of convicted Silk Road administrator, Ross Ulbricht, announced this morning. “We have been told they are soliciting funds with it, posing as us. Any email from that address, until further notice, is NOT legitimate!....
Related News
Editor’s note: This article has been modified to change a typo. Previously, in the first paragraph, the article stated that 90% of every sale went to Ulbricht’s defense fund, when it is 10% of every sale. Bitcoin apparel company All Things Bitcoin now sells a Silk Road t-shirt, and 10% of every sale goes to the Ross Ulbricht Legal Defense Fund. This fund....
Soon to be on trial, alleged Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht is dealing with yet another rejection when it comes to his complex case. Most recently, Ulbricht - who federal officials suggest was known as "Dread Pirate Roberts" on the illicit Silk Road website - and his legal counsel suggested that the FBI's means of investigating Ulbricht was illegal and a breach of privacy rights, given the Bureau allegedly hacked his servers without proper warrants. Judge Katherine Forrest wasn't exactly having the defense, bringing up the point that Ulbricht hasn't admitted to own the servers. As such,....
Last week we published a post with regard to Roger Ver's latest campaign. Ver, as you know, is well known in the community and is an bitcoin evangelist. And this past weekend, Ver announced over Twitter that he would be donating a whopping $10 toward the Free Ross campaign for every retweet his tweet received. At the time of the publishing of our article, the tweet had received 214 retweets. Fast forward to today, and we're seeing an amazing 16,716 retweets. That's over $167,000 toward Ulbricht's legal defense. That's not a bad number when you consider that Ulbricht's family had set up an....
Ross Ulbricht's defense counsel has submitted a reply brief to the US Court of Appeals disputing the fairness of the trial that led to his conviction. The Silk Road episode is back in the news. This time, Ross Ulbricht’s defense is questioning the fairness of the trial that led to his conviction. Ross’ defense team has appealed his sentence in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Filed by the Ross Ulbricht’s defense counsel Joshua Dratel, the reply brief states that his client was wrongly convicted after being investigated by corrupt law enforcement officials. The....
Free Ross-A-Thon online conference to be held next month to garner support and raise funds for Dread Pirate Robert's appeal. The cryptocurrency community is still trying its best to stand behind one of their own. Ross Ulbricht, better known within the cryptocurrency and deep web circles as Dread Pirate Roberts was the person behind one of the most successful deep web marketplaces — Silk Road. Ross Ulbricht was arrested for his role in promoting the sale of illegal drugs on the platform. With Ross Ulbricht currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole following....