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Silk Road Trial Defense: Mt. Gox CEO Was the Real Dread Pirate Roberts

Posted by timothy on from the rabbit-out-of-hat dept.

rossgneumann writes The defense team for Ross Ulbricht, the 30-year-old man accused of running the online black market Silk Road under the pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts, just dropped an unexpected new theory: Mark Karpeles, the CEO of failed Bitcoin company Mt. Gox, is the real Dread Pirate Roberts. "We have the name of the real mastermind and it's not Ulbricht," Joshua Dratel, Ulbricht's lawyer, said in court today. He plans to argue that Karpeles framed Ulbricht.

5 of 119 comments (clear)

  1. "Your Honor, I have something to confess..." by halivar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I am not left-handed."

    1. Re:"Your Honor, I have something to confess..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Judge: "Oh, there's something I ought to tell you... I'm not left-handed either."

  2. Karpeles: "I'm not the real Dread Pirate Roberts" by sirwired · · Score: 5, Funny

    Karpeles: "I'm not the real Dread Pirate Roberts either. His name was Cummerbund, and he's been living like a king in Patagonia for 20 years."

  3. Re:Trolling by tnk1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe Ross Ulbricht took over from Karpeles after Karpeles retired to Patagonia.

  4. Re:Grab the popcorn by aaron4801 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Karpeles kidnapped Ulbricht and made him work on the site. Every evening..."Good night, Ross. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." Three years he said that. "Good night, Ross. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning." Eventually he wanted to retire. So he took Ross to his cabin and told his secret: "I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts," he said. "My name is Mark. I inherited this site from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me."