The Dread Pirate Roberts arrested; The Silk Road shut down

[in the]

Great story. I find myself feeling bad for this guy for some reason?
Can't wait for the book (Ben Mezrich would be my pick) and subsequent movie.

A lot hinges on the truth of the hitman. It could be bullshit, could have been someone who scammed him. It could be true. We just don't know yet.

One thing is for certain, violence was nil using TSR (as far as I can tell - I'm definitely not an expert on this site). So he did society a good thing by saving that violence (which IMO outweighed the stuff his site was selling).

I wonder what his Sherdog name was?

Considering how he got caught, it would have to be altoid. Used the same username on multiple sites... :icon_conf

This is the only thing I could find via a Google search:
http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f48/question-about-altoids-sexual-588301/

 

[Deleted member 290675]

I wonder what his Sherdog name was?

ParcelScott

 

[Anung Un Rama]

A lot hinges on the truth of the hitman. It could be bullshit, could have been someone who scammed him. It could be true. We just don't know yet.

One thing is for certain, violence was nil using TSR (as far as I can tell - I'm definitely not an expert on this site). So he did society a good thing by saving that violence (which IMO outweighed the stuff his site was selling).



Considering how he got caught, it would have to be altoid. Used the same username on multiple sites... :icon_conf

Agreed, if the hitman thing is bogus then I would hate to see this guy to hard time (he'll be carteled for sure). Maybe his lawyer can get plea him out on some sort of white collar crime/ tax evasion.

 

[Heisenberg]

I wonder if the cartels have any beef with this guy. In the comments, someone brought up the point that he's lucky the FBI found him before the cartels did.

 

[casualfan]

I'm impressed by his publication on Solar Cells. He's definitely not ShaneMD.

 

[casualfan]

http://www.businessinsider.com/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-alleged-murder-for-hire-2013-10

Hacker is from the US. "all there customers" is a dead giveaway.

 

[Amerikuracana]

And now he's gone.. Good bye?

 

[in the]

lol. If I was Josh Mills, I'd brag about this shit till the day I die.

 

[ocfightfan]

I wanna know how they caught him and knew he ran the silk road. Is TOR not as cryptic as we had all thought?

The problem is that you will never know, until they come for you. You may get away with things for a long time, and then boom.

 

[in the]

Agreed, if the hitman thing is bogus then I would hate to see this guy to hard time (he'll be carteled for sure). Maybe his lawyer can get plea him out on some sort of white collar crime/ tax evasion.

Yeah that would only work if he was part of the TBTF industry.

I know there was a money laundering service on the site, and I've read DPR was part of it. I don't know if that's bullshit or not, but if it isn't bullshit, he's boned.

 

[v.kevin]

I got nervous just reading the Deep Web thread on Sherdog. No way would I download TOR or order anything from the SR.

 

[SevenSamurai]

I wanna know how they caught him and knew he ran the silk road. Is TOR not as cryptic as we had all thought?

Haha. There is no such thing as an anonymous presence or transaction on the Web.

Not possible -you can only use subterfuge for so long if they want you.

 

[in the]

I got nervous just reading the Deep Web thread on Sherdog. No way would I download TOR or order anything from the SR.

This thread?
http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f48/have-you-heard-deep-web-1577233/

Reading through it but most of it's Greek to me.

 

[BKMMAFAN]

I heard he was taken down by the AOUS's. (Agencies Of Unusual Size)

Inconceivable! Those don't exist.

 

[v.kevin]

This thread?
http://forums.sherdog.com/forums/f48/have-you-heard-deep-web-1577233/

Reading through it but most of it's Greek to me.

Yep. I read the whole thing and although much of it was beyond me, it was fascinating.

 

[in the]

Yep. I read the whole thing and although much of it was beyond me, it was fascinating.

Selling drugs online doesn't even move my dial. When people willingly ingest/smoke/snort/inject something into their bodies and know the risks, then it's honestly their own fault what happens.

However, some of the shit is morbid. Looks like you can find tons of things on the deep web that I disagree with (hitmen, child porn, etc.).

I didn't mind checking out TSR but I'm not going anywhere near the other sites.

 

[FLYOVER BOSSMAN]

I wonder if Buttercup got out unscathed

 

[AllHailKrull**]

Never even heard of him or the site. what did it do? just a site to get all types of drugs online?

 

[Strychnine]

I actually heard of it from here on Sherdog, but since I won't use "Herbal Remedy" until it's legal in my state, I didn't seek TSR out.

The next version of TSR will be coming from Europe. I'd bet on it.

 

[RapeChokeBDSM**]

From the link:


NSA couldn't even catch him.

Even if he was this sloppy, I think the NSA is the one that popped him unless he says otherwise. The NSA tips off other domestic and foreign agencies and lets others take credit. And they call it "good old fashioned detective work."