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Just checked on the status of the players in the Silk Road dark web bazaar. Updated previous post for the location and release date for Andrew Michael Jones. Release date and location for Gary Davis is now listed. Release date for Carl Mark Force has been shorted one month. I won’t repost all the details. … Continue reading “Where are they now? Minor updates to status and location of Silk Road players.”
Time for a follow-up on the status and jail location of the major players in the Silk Road, dark web fiasco. If you need lots and lots of background, check out this tag. Bureau of Prisons’ inmate locator service, some online searching, and previous reporting provides this info: Ross William Ulbricht, a/k/a “Dread Pirate … Continue reading “Where are they now? Players in Silk Road, the on-line bazaar for drugs, explosives, and body parts.”
Several other players in the Silk Road gun/explosive/drug/body part bazaar have worked their way through the U.S. justice system. Some info on their involvement and current status follows after mentioning Mr. Ulbricht’s final appeal was denied. Ross Ulbrickt As an aside, the Cyberscoop article below points to the following: 6/28/18 – Reason – Sadly, Ross … Continue reading “Other players in the Silk Road drug sales website face justice”
While looking at the sentencing of former Secret Service agent Shaun W. Bridges I learned a few more details of what he was up to while looting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoins. His sentencing is one of the loose ends on my posts about the Silk Road dark web site where you … Continue reading “Additional follow-up on former Secret Service agent’s theft from Silk Road dark web site”
One more loose end on my reporting of the drug/body parts/contract hit/weapons/fake ID/explosives dark web site Silk Road: sentencing for Shaun W. Bridges. Update: After getting ready for followup to this post, I realized those are actually separate discussions. Thus, there will be no ‘part 2’ for this post. He is the former Secret Service … Continue reading “More sentencing details on Silk Road dark web site – part 1”
There are only a few loose ends on the massive on-line drug bazaar called Silk Road. Actually, you could buy weapons, human organs, explosives, and even a contract killing on the site along with any amount of any dope you have ever heard of. Most of the players are in federal prison on long-term sentences. … Continue reading “Silk Road perps. The last one has been extradicted and is awaiting trial.”
The sad tale of Ross Ulbricht and his on-line drug bazaar called Silk Road is a good study of the outer limits of how far rationalization can carry a person. It is also a frightening illustration of Jeremiah 17:9. From the New International Version, ponder: The heart is deceitful above all thing and beyond cure. … Continue reading “The story on Silk Road, an on-line drug bazaar, shows the power of rationalization and self-deception”
This page gathers together a series of posts written over a period of several years describing the dark net world of Silk Road, a place where you could by any drugs, weapons, explosives, or body parts you might be interested in. This venture did not end well for the founder/operator of the site. He now … Continue reading “Articles on Silk Road – drug peddling site in the ‘dark web’ – part 1”
This series of posts from my blog address the Silk Road drug peddling site. Particular focus is on what happens when someone has no frame of reference for making moral decisions other that what is in one’s own mind. How do you make moral decisions if you have no frame of reference other than … Continue reading “On the lack of moral framework – Silk Road part 2”
This is the 9th and final part of a discussion of Silk Road, as discussed in American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road, written by Nick Bilton. For the longer story, you may enjoy reading parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight. Other thoughts on the book If you … Continue reading “Final thoughts on the tale of Silk Road. Part 9.”
This is part 8 of a discussion of Silk Road, as described in American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road, written by Nick Bilton. To learn how these three individuals earned an extended stay in federal housing, you may enjoy reading parts one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven. Current status: … Continue reading “The Silk Road perps. Where are they now? Part 8.”
Two of the feds working on the Silk Road investigation went rogue. That did not turn out well for them. This is part 7 of a discussion of Silk Road, as described in, American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road, written by Nick Bilton. Check out parts one, two, … Continue reading “It didn’t end well for two of the feds investigating Silk Road. The tale of Silk Road, part 7.”
How far did he go? So as a result of running the drug bazaar called Silk Road, where did Ross Ulbricht wind up with his efforts to forcibly legalize drugs and simultaneously remove God from His throne and take over the throne for himself? What did he get for his efforts? The feds claim he … Continue reading “Where did one guy wind up by making moral decisions with no moral frame of reference other than himself? The tale of Silk Road, part 6.”
This is the second of two posts describing the frightening power of rationalization on display in the story of Ross Ulbricht, also known as Dread Pirate Roberts, as he developed the Silk Road website where you could buy anything you wanted. The story is told in American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind … Continue reading “The power of rationalization when you have no frame of reference other than your own opinion. The tale of Silk Road, part 5.”
The frightening power of rationalization is clearly on display in the story of Ross Ulbricht, also known as Dread Pirate Roberts, as he developed the Silk Road website where you could buy anything you wanted. The story is told in American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road, written by … Continue reading “The power of rationalization when you have no frame of reference other than your own opinion. The tale of Silk Road, part 4”