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 ...

As the website grew the Dread Pirate Roberts began to hire ... of 2013 not as a co-owner but only as a dupe, a fall guy for the Feds. Would Roberts - a man who appears paranoid about his true ...

Defense claim is he gave up control of Silk Road, but was made into the fall guy by the "real Dread Pirate Roberts" Will update as more info available. UPDATE: Here is some of what Greenberg is ...

During opening arguments, Dratel unveiled the defense position that Ulbricht was a "fall guy" for the "real" DPR ... Dratel asked DerYeghiayan whether the PGP key associated with Dread Pirate Roberts ...

He claimed his client became the “fall guy” for the site’s true administrator who famously went by “Dread Pirate Roberts.” He also told the jury that any evidence linking Ulbricht ...

He claimed Ulbricht had handed off the reigns to “the real Dread Pirate Roberts” only to be lured back in as a fall-guy as investigators were closing in. On Thursday, Dratel named the man he ...

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 ...

Gox, as a possible match for the Dread Pirate Roberts, the operator of Silk Road ... masterminds who lured Ross Ulbricht, “the perfect fall guy,” into administering Silk Road, ultimately ...

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.