August 16, 2018

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is dictating tweets from prison

The family of "Dread Pirate Roberts" got him an account and is typing in, word for word, his tweets, including his hope for Trump's clemency.

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June 01, 2017

News in brief: AI detects pain in animals; parallel universe discovered; Silk Road creator loses appeal

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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October 12, 2016

Phisher arrested for stealing Bitcoins from dark web users

Even the shadowy dark web is no longer safe from the ravages of cybercrime it seems.

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February 03, 2016

Silk Road bitcoin-stealing Secret Service agent re-arrested

Arresting officers found bags containing Bridges’ passport and a notarised copy of his passport, along with corporate records for three offshore entities in Nevis, Belize and Mauritius.

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January 18, 2016

Ross Ulbricht appeals Silk Road conviction – did he get a fair trial?

Lawyers for Ross Ulbricht filed an appeal last week, arguing that the evidence against him was tainted by corrupt law enforcement agents.

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December 29, 2015

Silk Road founder was tracked down by a Googling tax agent

Gary Alford, a special agent with the IRS, scoured old blog posts and chat room logs to eventually unmask Dread Pirate Roberts.

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December 08, 2015

Suspected Silk Road architect Variety Jones arrested in Thailand

He was a "trusted mentor" who helped shape up the site and expand its vision. And, the Feds say, urge Ulbricht to hire a hitman.

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October 21, 2015

Corrupt ex-DEA agent Carl Force gets 6 years for extorting Silk Road

Using the alias "French Maid", Force posed as a drug dealer and extorted Ross Ulbricht for $50K, promising information on a DEA probe.

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September 07, 2015

That’s “Dead PIGEON”, not “Dead PARROT”! 60 Second Security

Our weekly 1-minute security video. Forget dead parrots...here's the Dead Pigeon sketch.

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