Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the law, technology and the free flow of information. In or about January 2011, ROSS WILLIAM ULBRICHT, a/k/a ...

The Dread Pirate Roberts, head of the most brazen drug trafficking site in the world, was a walking contradiction. Though the government says he raked in $80 million in commissions from running ...

He may have a point: a new Silk Road launched Wednesday, and the new site's admin is… “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Remember what Wesley said — there's more than one Dread Pirate Roberts.

Silk Road was controlled by a shadowy website administrator with the moniker Dread Pirate Roberts, who prosecutors say took home millions in commissions on more than $1 billion worth of drug deals ...

“[Dread Pirate] Roberts isn’t actually the site’s founder, he revealed in our interview. He credits Silk Road’s creation to another, even more secretive entrepreneur whom he declined to ...

In the classic movie, the Princess Bride, a poor farm boy is captured by an infamous pirate, and presumed dead by his heartbroken girlfriend. He is, in fact, not dead, but has been hired by said ...

But authorities allege he went by another name, also plucked from pop culture -- “Dread Pirate Roberts,” taken from the movie “The Princess Bride.” Prosecutors say “Dread Pirate Roberts ...

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 ...