I listened to the casefile podcast about silk road recently. There were three alphabet agencies working nonstop to get this guy, one of them was skimming money, another agent convinced UIbricht that he was in danger due to the employees they'd already flipped and that he should have them killed (If Ross indeed did that.) I don't like drugs to but to say gangbangers shooting everyone but their target in the Bronx is worse than people sending small packages of drugs to each other is insane. Also the government was lucky enough to recover around 5 billion worth of Ross' bitcoin that he won't get back.
What exactly made the feds go absolutely apeshit on him?
Ross Ulbricht is condemned to die in prison for creating an anonymous e-commerce website called Silk Road. An entrepreneur passionate about free markets and privacy, he was 26 when he made the site. He was never prosecuted for causing harm or bodily injury and no victim was named at trial.
Users of Silk Road chose to exchange a variety of goods, both legal and illegal, including drugs (most commonly small amounts of cannabis1). Prohibited was anything involuntary that could harm a third party.
Ross was not convicted of selling drugs or illegal items himself, but was held responsible for what others sold on the site.
In prison since 2013
First-time offender
All non-violent convictions
Two life sentences + 40 years without parole
Clown justice system.
Trump did another good deed by freeing him ( Ross asked clemency sentence reduction to time served, Trump gave him unconditional pardon ).
The worst thing he actually did was hire a hitman to murder someone. iirc he ended up hiring a fed who sent him staged pictures to make it seem like the deed was done, and he did it because the guy stole a ton of bitcoin from him. (again iirc)
I've read the book "American Kingpin" a couple of times. It's about the rise and fall of the Silk Road. It's a good book if anyone is interested in the topic.
unprosecuted allegations of planning murder-for-hire that much of the media amplified through inaccurate and sensationalized reporting. The allegations were never charged at trial, never proven, never submitted to, or ruled on by, a jury, and eventually dismissed with prejudice.
''No no he really did''
~Some fed who had already decided the guy had to go down no matter how but the accusation fell apart.
That's a fair point. I almost added that I can't vouch for the author of the book. But I believe the agent involved got caught stealing btc of his own so perhaps they didn't want to open that entire can of worms. Pure speculation obv and you're right to point out that nothing was proven. But there are allegedly extensive chat logs.
Maby the fed didn't have to groom him at all to do so and it was all his own idea.
I don't know. And neither did the judge, who didn't rule on that at all, but instead on, in comparaison, small stuff, to slap two life sentences + 40 years on the guy's ass.
Absurdly high, and motivated by an Intersectional Race Marxist judge with ''Privilege'' theory, plus behind-the-scene stuff we don't know yet. Or maby the judge really was this batshit crazy and there is nothing else that motivated her.
Actually insane, I never had that on my Bingo card. Glad to see Trump is doing something against some of the injustice that has been done to people, Snowden next
The silk road? As in, dread pirate Roberts? Wasnt the silk road a haven for everything illegal in the world to be transacted? This seems like endorsing mega-crime.
My favorite part is how he called the people who locked him up "scum". That's a very good sign of Trumps headspace in my book
I listened to the casefile podcast about silk road recently. There were three alphabet agencies working nonstop to get this guy, one of them was skimming money, another agent convinced UIbricht that he was in danger due to the employees they'd already flipped and that he should have them killed (If Ross indeed did that.) I don't like drugs to but to say gangbangers shooting everyone but their target in the Bronx is worse than people sending small packages of drugs to each other is insane. Also the government was lucky enough to recover around 5 billion worth of Ross' bitcoin that he won't get back.
Now that he's been pardoned, it basically means that the courts were wrong to convict him.
I'd like to see him sue for the value of that Bitcoin now. That would be wild!
Can I get a summary of Ross William's character and what he was jailed for?
I don't want the ''mainstream media''s opinion.
Found this : https://freeross.org/
What exactly made the feds go absolutely apeshit on him?
Ross was not convicted of selling drugs or illegal items himself, but was held responsible for what others sold on the site.
Clown justice system.
Trump did another good deed by freeing him ( Ross asked clemency sentence reduction to time served, Trump gave him unconditional pardon ).
The worst thing he actually did was hire a hitman to murder someone. iirc he ended up hiring a fed who sent him staged pictures to make it seem like the deed was done, and he did it because the guy stole a ton of bitcoin from him. (again iirc)
I've read the book "American Kingpin" a couple of times. It's about the rise and fall of the Silk Road. It's a good book if anyone is interested in the topic.
Did he tough?
''No no he really did''
~Some fed who had already decided the guy had to go down no matter how but the accusation fell apart.
I remember their "evidence" was just some posts they got after the seizure of the servers.
That's a fair point. I almost added that I can't vouch for the author of the book. But I believe the agent involved got caught stealing btc of his own so perhaps they didn't want to open that entire can of worms. Pure speculation obv and you're right to point out that nothing was proven. But there are allegedly extensive chat logs.
Maby he did try to hire a hitman.
Maby the fed set him up.
Maby the fed didn't have to groom him at all to do so and it was all his own idea.
I don't know. And neither did the judge, who didn't rule on that at all, but instead on, in comparaison, small stuff, to slap two life sentences + 40 years on the guy's ass.
Absurdly high, and motivated by an Intersectional Race Marxist judge with ''Privilege'' theory, plus behind-the-scene stuff we don't know yet. Or maby the judge really was this batshit crazy and there is nothing else that motivated her.
Yeah I'm not saying the sentence was just or that he shouldn't have been pardoned.
I had to look him up myself.
He was sentenced back in 2015, which was a lifetime ago in more ways than one.
He wasn't part of the special club and refused to sell out to it, so they destroyed him.
Beat me to it. The Dread Pirate Roberts sails again!
And to think people were calling Trump a traitor because he didn't do it on minute one.
Actually insane, I never had that on my Bingo card. Glad to see Trump is doing something against some of the injustice that has been done to people, Snowden next
Freedom :
https://x.com/free_ross/status/1881925029497377104
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. So, wonder if a Silk Road pardon means a Wikileaks one is in the works?
The silk road? As in, dread pirate Roberts? Wasnt the silk road a haven for everything illegal in the world to be transacted? This seems like endorsing mega-crime.