A damsel in distress. Plural of Mongoose Update.

[Munchy]

didn't we determine that the passport image had been previously posted on the forum by POM, so anyone could have had access to it?

[AGD]

didn't we determine that the passport image had been previously posted on the forum by POM, so anyone could have had access to it?

Not sure if it has been determined yet. I have heard the same about the passport, but somebody here said it never happened.

[AGD]

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Through an analysis of the blockchain, many of these payments were connected to an account at Mt. Gox, the failed Bitcoin exchange that was shut down in 2014. By referring to several leaked databases from Mt. Gox, it is possible to link specific deposits with individual users of the service.

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The first Mt. Gox dump, from March 2014, contained information on trades as far back as 2011. The second, released in February 2015, was a redacted version of the exchange's userbase. It included the names used by customers to sign up, as well as partial email addresses.

By cross-referencing transactions detailed in Variety Jones's Bitcoin wallet with these two leaks, it is revealed that a large number of payments made to "Chgr" and "smed" eventually arrive in a Mt. Gox account registered in the name "Mike Wattier." An email in the Variety Jones account is also forwarded to an address with the name "mwattier."

On multiple social media and freelance developer sites, a Mike Wattier connected to the same email address found in the Variety Jones account identifies himself as an American with 20 years of open source ecommerce experience who is adept with a wide variety of programming languages.

The same Wattier also appears to have a presence on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Github. Judging by his Facebook activity, he was in Pattaya, Thailand, as of March 2015. Some of his profiles list him as living on the Thai island of Koh Chang.

Otherwise known as Elephant Island, the remote Koh Chang is covered in jungles, boasts a lively party scene, and in recent years has seen a steady rise of foreign visitors and expats. Many places on the island turn their electricity off at night.

Interestingly, this is the same location that previous investigations have linked to the man believed to be Variety Jones.

According to online records found by La Moustache, the man suspected of being Variety Jones and an associate from a marijuana seed selling business travelled to the island in 2008. From here, the pair brought back a strain of seed only found on, and named after, Koh Chang, and it was advertised as a freebie by the seed selling business.

Later, in chat logs found on Ulbricht's computer, Variety Jones told DPR that "I love thailand for the weather, the people, and the weed ain't bad either."

[AGD]

didn't we determine that the passport image had been previously posted on the forum by POM, so anyone could have had access to it?

The passport scan is the only strong link Silk Road -> PoM. Another one is mentioned in the chat logs, where VJ points to the term 'Plural of Mongoose' in case Ross wants to know his background. If this is all they have against PoM, then they have practically nothing and a compensation could be worth the bet. In that case: Chapeau Mongoose!

Now if they can prove, that PoM was VJ on Silk Road and he really was the one who wanted Ross to order these hits, then he might even deserve a long sentence and I have to work on my people skills.

[smokebreaks]

Looks like a trip to SDNY is in order.

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[DD Ramone]

I guess that he will think about taking it to trial as Ulbricht did for an ego enhancer where various Mum's and Dad's who's children died from <something in the post> from SR will be paraded before said jury, then game over, he will have the rest of his life to write much more fiction in a fed-pen.

If he ever concentrated on what he actually had some talent at, then he could still go far literally.

He never was particularly good at computer security and always relied on others, sub-contracting out any complicated work to people such as Mike Wattier.

In his movie he's the good guy, the star, the champion of very warped values..

In reality he is just an accessory to murder, and an enabler for others to do the same.

Imagine being one of those Mum's or Dad's, you would probably be baying for blood.

[smokebreaks]

Well the question is now, how far do we want to go to get him off?

Some will have to be making some decisions here and arguably they may not be the most favorable for many parties involved if this is indeed going to proceed?

You know the draconia that is the US Government could be reduced in stature even further should he become victorious in his quest to make “Karen Tandy, his bitch.”

This is going to become quite the shit show once an amicus briefing is filed.

And believe me, there’s about to be a whole lot of egg on the faces of the people who created the .tor network.

Cause it ain’t like the US Navy didn’t know what that project was being used for, and by whom it was funded.

[Jesús Malverde]

didn't we determine that the passport image had been previously posted on the forum by POM, so anyone could have had access to it?

No, it was never posted. He guarded his Roger first name very, very closely — even after he publicly identified as Thomas Clark.

[bentech]

you think the prosecution can be embarrassed into withdrawl of their case?

[smokebreaks]

you think the prosecution can be embarrassed into withdrawl of their case?

By no means am I that naive.

But let’s just say...hypothetically... say you discovered information showing that very powerful interests were keenly aware of what was going on, and it plays out like what was learnt from Ricky Ross / Gary Webb.