But as the site's initial creator, he was the "perfect fall guy," Dratel said. He told the jury that he would present evidence that the "real" Dread Pirate Roberts paid for information about the ...

Online Silk Road chats involving Dread Pirate Roberts, the online alias Ross Ulbricht ... The real masterminds behind the site lured him back to "take the fall" when they realized federal ...

By the fall of 2011, Der-Yeghiayan convinced the ... to figure out the identity of the site's mastermind: the Dread Pirate Roberts. Vincent D'Agostino: Those traditional techniques that an ...

“This is probably going to be disappointing for you, but I am not Dread Pirate Roberts,” he wrote in ... back to the project in 2013 as a “fall guy.” In court today, Dratel cross-examined ...

The illicit underground marketplace has bounced back from last year’s high-profile shutdown, according to an Internet safety report. Donna Tam covers Amazon and other fun stuff for CNET News.

Dread Pirate Roberts, the founder and leader of Silk Road ... and later said the cops “set me up to take the fall.” Green’s plea deal and cooperation with police meant he served no prison ...

The U.S. Marshals Service later sold off the bitcoin in four separate auctions. The Dread Pirate Roberts (often abbreviated DPR) alias was created not by Ulbricht but by a still-unidentified Silk ...

Ulbricht is accused of operating Silk Road under the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts” and earning $80 ... “It is in a free fall now” If Colorado voters ban mountain lion hunting, would the ...

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is now a free man after US President Donald Trump made good on his promise to issue a federal pardon upon taking office.… Otherwise known by his online handle ...