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Eileen Ormsby
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Writer. Mostly about the Dark Web
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This is super interesting. I remember at the Allwine trial being gobsmacked this guy gave evidence about a Bitcoin address and had no idea what he was talking about. If the defence had called their own expert he would have been torn to shreds
April 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Love how media are calling kidnappings of crypto holders being forced to transfer under threat of violence 'Wrench Attacks' - this XKCD cybersecurity classic finally going mainstream 👇
February 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I have set up a reddit thread on the r/silkroad sub to combat misinformation and provide people with facts about all facets of Silk Road
www.reddit.com/r/SilkRoad/c...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This offer is still open. Please, STOP with the misinformation
On the day of Ross Ulbricht's pardon, the misinformation (on both sides) over at the other place is insane.

If anyone wants factual, balanced information on anything about Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht's role, sentence etc, ask away
January 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
How many suckers will they get?
January 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Things that are still ongoing in the Silk Road Saga. A thread:
January 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On January 27 2011, a new forum member calling themselves ‘altoid’ registered on the Shroomery forums and wrote a message that would change the face of drug dealing and cryptocurrency forever.
#bitcoin #silkroad #RossUlbricht
January 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
US lawyers: The USG effectively agreed to deem Ross Ulbricht’s civil penalty paid in full in return for forfeiting any claim to the 69,370 BTC that 'Individual X' stole from Silk Road.

But if Ulbricht has been completely pardoned, doesn't that mean the civil penalty is voided?
January 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On the day of Ross Ulbricht's pardon, the misinformation (on both sides) over at the other place is insane.

If anyone wants factual, balanced information on anything about Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht's role, sentence etc, ask away
January 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
When you click on a Facebook ad to see what the undercover woman saw, and find out the undercover woman is you
www.uniladtech.com/news/tech-ne...
Woman who went undercover on the dark web reveals the 'best site' she saw
Journalist Eileen Ormsby has lifted the lid on the dark web and explained the 'best' site she found while researching her book, The Darkest Web.
www.uniladtech.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:08 AM
"Ulbricht and his supporters must wait at least one more agonizing month to find out whether the president-elect—who has a history of abandoning campaign promises and who once rejected calls to pardon Ulbricht at the end of his first term—will act on his pledge."

www.wired.com/story/silk-r...
Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Is Waiting for Trump to Keep His Word—and Set Him Free
On the campaign trail, incoming US president Donald Trump vowed to release Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht from prison if reelected. Will he keep his word?
www.wired.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Stay tuned - a whole new Silk Road book with ALL the information coming!

It will be interesting times if Ross gets released in January - his arch nemesis redandwhite is due for his extradition hearing around the same time
November 17, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Here at last is the write-up - Roger Clark, aka Mongoose, aka Silk Road's Variety Jones has his day in court
https://eileenormsby.com/2023/07/15/ten-years-after-silk-road-falls-variety-jones-is-sentenced/
July 15, 2023 at 4:36 PM
July 10, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Do any clever people know how to find out the status of extradition proceedings?

James Ellingson is supposed to be facing charges arising from Silk Road (he was "redandwhite" the "hitman" engaged by Ulbricht), but from what I can tell he is still in Canada and liking posts, so presumably free
June 27, 2023 at 6:15 AM
Pulled up to a post box. Handed teen a letter

She wanted instructions on how to use the post box
June 26, 2023 at 5:42 AM
Roger Clark (aka Silk Road's Variety Jones (Ross Ulbricht's proclaimed 'mentor') did a last minute delay of his sentencing YET AGAIN. I was literally about to get on a plane from Australia to NYC to attend.
June 26, 2023 at 5:35 AM
My latest blog tying up the loose ends of the Silk Road saga a decade on. The man behind the murder-for-hire scams has been indicted

https://eileenormsby.com/2023/05/19/tying-up-silk-roads-loose-ends-redandwhite/
May 19, 2023 at 9:33 AM
The forthcoming sentencing of Silk Road's Variety Jones should be a cracker
https://eileenormsby.com/2023/05/17/tying-up-silk-roads-loose-ends-variety-jones/
May 17, 2023 at 11:47 AM
I'm going to be dropping a few new stories shortly. I'll drop them here before Twitter, so please follow here if you're interested in #SilkRoad / #DarkWeb stories
May 15, 2023 at 2:35 AM
"Ellingson was their “white whale” and the Justice Department is likely looking to seize the massive amount of bitcoin and money that he was sent from various scams on Silk Road"
https://therecord.media/silk-road-scammer-charged-with-drug-trafficking-money-laundering
May 13, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Hi Bluesky. Just read the sentencing submission of Roger Clark (Variety Jones of #SilkRoad ). The hearing is gonna be a doozy and I'll be in NYC for it
May 13, 2023 at 1:07 PM