>>36151 Reminder 2018 Joe Rosati digg
Shaun Bridges computer forensics expert with the Secret Service
Ross Ulbricht
First-time offender
All non-violent charges
Two life sentences + 40 years without parole
Ross Ulbricht is condemned to die in prison for creating an e-commerce website called Silk Road. An entrepreneur passionate about free markets and privacy, he was 26 when he made the site. He was never prosecuted for causing harm or bodily injury and no victim was named at trial.
Users of Silk Road chose to exchange a variety of goods, both legal and illegal, including drugs (most commonly small amounts of cannabis). Prohibited was anything involuntary that could harm a third party.
Ross was not convicted of selling drugs or illegal items himself, but was held responsible for what others sold on the site.
BC: Do you think it’s strange that Bridges was caught trying to change his name, Social Security, and still remains on bail on the outside?
In Depth Interview With Lyn Ulbricht: Family, Activism, and Justice
BC: Recently Carl Force and Shaun Bridges have been found guilty of going rogue on duty and betraying the public. Do you think this shows the blatant corruption in this investigation?
LU: It certainly confirms that there was widespread corruption on the site investigation. Shaun Bridges was a computer forensics expert with the Secret Service, that’s why I believe he was assigned to the case. Force was pretty good too with this technology, which shows me that they have the ability to have done a lot of things on that site. Our attorneys have said that they had the capability to change passwords, reset PIN numbers, commandeer accounts, including DPR’s (Dread Pirate Roberts) account. They had the power to post private messages, public messages in the forum, and in the marketplace itself. These agents had access to keys, access to bank accounts — basically, they could do whatever they want.
BC: Do you think it’s strange that Bridges was caught trying to change his name, Social Security, and still remains on bail on the outside?
LU: It’s a pretty blatant double standard because of the argument they used against Ross’s bail. We put together a very strong bail package for Ross. Twenty-seven people who are not wealthy stepped up and pledged their houses, life savings, whatever they could to help him. We got a million dollars in pledges, plus over seventy letters to the judge saying he was not a flight risk and he was not a threat. That was more than our attorney had ever seen in his very long career of thirty plus years in law. We Americans do have a right to bail. But they used “flight risk” and “dangerous” because of these unproven and later uncharged murder-for-hire allegations to deny him bail. Then this guy Shaun Bridges is changing his name, social security, and he’s not a flight risk? Ok, give him the house arrest and an ankle bracelet, but give it to Ross too— this is a double standard. This “dangerousness” allegation was false because Ross had no priors, no violence, and he was never even charged with it. It’s very inconsistent and it’s not fair to Ross.
https://news.bitcoin.com/in-depth-interview-lyn-ulbricht-silk-road-family-corruption/