[CommunityDiscussion] Variety Jones/cimon, ~shabang~ and Smedley

Based on what is known - is it possible for them to be the same person?


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[2 Points] 3point1415926535nine:

pretty sure vj=pom so no... but pom and ~s do go hand and hand


[1 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

I believe VJ is a current vendor on Agora, who was once known as Hiniguel. I think he was from New Zealand originally, has a private pilots license, and lives in the Kingston on Thames / Surbiton area.

I always assumed that hiniguel was previously another meth vendor (amongst other things) call MrMerlin on Silk Road1. He has had two further identity changes, becoming less-reliable as a vendor each time, because he starts off clean each time, then gradually gets addiction problems.

Seems to be inactive as an agora vendor recently. Possibly because he's been sleeping on bricks of heroin in stead of keeping an eye on the latest marketplace developer he has "mentored". Do you see who I'm talking about?

This post is way back on page 3 of reddit, which is why I'm putting this on record here. I don't want to tip anybody off and see them literally fly the coup.


[1 Points] gwern:

Smedley would have to be a separate person because he and cimon/VJ had different jobs and all the internal logs indicate DPR saw them as separate people. I suppose cimon could have been double-dipping DPR, getting paid both for 'counter-intel' as cimon and simultaneously working on the website code as 'Smedley', but seems unlikely.