DPR name was invented in order to fool friends and girlfriend who Ulbricht told about Silk Road, prosecutors say

http://www.dailydot.com/crime/bates-ulbricht-testimony-silk-road-trial/

Jones asked Ulbricht who knew about his role in the site.

"Two people," he said, referring to Julia and Richard. "They think I sold the site and got out a month ago."

He said he'd never speak to one again, and the other he planned to drift away from now that he had moved to San Francisco, over 1,000 miles away from them both in Austin, Texas.

Jones said that for all the secretive motions Ulbricht had been through, he was clearly the weak link because of these two people. It was then, according to the chat logs, that Variety Jones suggested Ulbricht use the DPR moniker.

"Have you even seen The Princess Bride?" Jones asked.

Ulbricht had, but they went through why it was such a good idea: In The Princess Bride, the character Dread Pirate Roberts is just a name passed from one person to the other in order to inspire certain ideas.

Jones said he came up with the idea after "12 solid hours of thinking."

"Start the legend now," Jones advised.


Comments


[21 Points] pinkpanther227:

Wow

In November 2011, an incredible thing happened: Someone posted an article about Silk Road on Ulbricht’s Facebook wall with the message “I’m sure authorities would be interested in your drug running site.”

edit: he's fucked.

“Two people,” he said, allegedly referring to Julia and Bates. “They think I sold the site and got out a month ago.”


[14 Points] DeafPirateRoberts:

the more I read, the dumber and dumber Ross gets.

just copy and posting mises.org posts from others, running on FH, fessing up to a broad, logging torchats, a folder called 'keys', keeping the Richard Page info in an unencrypted plaintext, etc --- DAMN.


[15 Points] wombosio:

I feel really bad for his family having to watch this.


[11 Points] None:

So was Ross extremely arrogant, naive or stupid?

Discuss.


[7 Points] ethly:

I wonder what happened to Variety Jones, it seems like he was the brains.


[7 Points] None:

Soooo.... Richard Bates better watch his back?


[6 Points] OzFreelancer:

Does anyone else get the feeling "Variety Jones" is portrayed as the evil mastermind behind nearly everything?

The Facebook revelation is truly gob-smacking


[3 Points] OzFreelancer:

Wow, don't think I saw this mentioned in the news reports so far:

Journal entry:

"9/19 to 9/25/2013 red got in a jam and needed 500,000 to get out. Ultimately he convinced me to give it to him but I got his ID first and had Cimon send Harry, his new soldier of fortune to Vancouver to get $800,000 in cash to cover it. Red has been mainly out of communication, but I haven't lost hope.

Atlantis shut down. I was messaged by one of their team who said they shut down because of an FBI doc leaked to them" detailing vulnerabilities in Tor."

So, its suggesting that DPR/Ulbricht was still in touch with "redandwhite" (I'm making the assumption that red=redandwhite), the alleged hitman of Tony76+co, and was bailing him out [being extorted?] for another 500K?

And Atlantis tried to warn him…


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] littlehubert:

Does anyone know if someone will share today's transcipt (Day 6)? I know the last few days have showed up but really hoping we get todays.


[1 Points] basedtomato:

Soooooo, he's fucked?


[1 Points] thebedguy:

As soon as he told his gf and friend the truth he was fucked, no matter how much encryption or OPSEC. The site would have kept growing and gaining media attention and at some point a tip would have been placed and he would have been watched. Unfortunately all signs point back to Ross.

I am curious on who VJ is though, because whoever he/she was is the smart one of the two.


[-2 Points] None:

Still a snitch ass bitch ;). I can't believe he just gunna turn on a friend like that. Then admit that he has bought drugs himself because he knows he wont get in trouble for it. Probably already pleaded to a deal and getting money from the government lol. Paid snitch.


[0 Points] aloefo:

Ross never had a chance. After that girl posted on his wall (in 2011) that Silk Road was his site, he should had deleted or encrypted all the incriminating information. Why he allowed all that stuff to be decrypted while his laptop was running is just insane.

You'd have to assume she told the FBI or at least someone else seen the post, and it spread like wildfire. Anyway, proves that women are the greatest liability. Even if he'd made no other opsec errors, and the NSA couldn't do anything to get him, eventually that girl would had told someone his secret.

And for his friend, it's hard to blame him for testifying. For fuck's sake, Ross is the one that left the evidence on his laptop that would had easily gotten that kid several years in prison if not more.