One Mistake Took Down a 29-Yr-Old Dark Web Drug Lord

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Ross Ulbricht never thought he'd get caught.
*Corrections: Ulbricht attended the University of Texas at Dallas, not Austin. He was born on March 27, not March 17.
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0:04 Eric E Castro from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
0:08 Ross Ulbricht image: freeross.org
0:20 Original Silk Road map: Kelvin Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons (edited by Newsthink)
1:45 Ludwig von Mises Institute, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/b... via Wikimedia Commons
1:50 Mitt Romney image: Chris Devers, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
3:25 Ross Ulbricht image: freeross.org
4:47 Jared Der-Yeghiayan image: LinkedIn
5:48 Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
6:37 Ross Ulbricht with sister image: freeross.org
6:42 Variety Jones photo courtesy of: Eileen Ormsby eileenormsby.com/2018/06/16/v...
7:00 Ross Ulbricht laptop courtesy of the FBI
9:00 Carl Force “Nob” photo shown in court during Ulbricht’s trial
9:47 Curtis Clark Green image: Tonya Heaps Green | Facebook
11:20 Chris Tarbell image: LinkedIn
12:13 Government exhibit
14:13 Government exhibit
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  • @Newsthink
    @Newsthink2 жыл бұрын

    *Do you agree with the judge's sentence?* CORRECTIONS: Ulbricht attended the University of Texas at Dallas, not Austin. He was born on March 27, not March 17. If you enjoyed this video, check out my latest video on how the world's greatest hacker manipulated everyone: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4CJpsqbgdLQqKQ.html

  • @mxbidixk6015

    @mxbidixk6015

    Жыл бұрын

    Not agreed totally but let be real, he still wanted those people dead if authorities didn’t act who knows how much he would still order hits on people in future

  • @WillIngram08

    @WillIngram08

    Жыл бұрын

    NO!!!!!!!!!!!! FREE ROSS

  • @nastaha182

    @nastaha182

    Жыл бұрын

    No :( But the policemen should. Such a disgrace.

  • @dubzy8334

    @dubzy8334

    Жыл бұрын

    You know who's winning in the war on drugs right? Drugs. If this kid gets life and all that other stuff for his crimes and not one member of the Sackler family spends a day in jail, it shows you how stupid and misguided our " justice " is in America. Here you have a family that has made billions of dollars creating and distributing a drug that destroys loves , is highly addictive and what do they get? Fines? Ha , that's all the cost of doing business. They lied to doctors, they paid off politicians , they are the biggest drug dealers in American history. So to answer your question, this sentence is a joke. Why not get the real criminals in America. Any buisness involved in the production, distribution or manufacturing of opjod based drugs. Throw the boook at all of them. We are losing an entire generation of good young people to this drug

  • @AlbanianGladiator

    @AlbanianGladiator

    Жыл бұрын

    @@trtrhr fuck the law the american law is stupid

  • @gvngbvngiggy
    @gvngbvngiggy Жыл бұрын

    So basically after years of dea and fbi investigations an irs agent found him by googling him. I feel like that should be a major moral to the story.

  • @Chris-ij8tb

    @Chris-ij8tb

    Жыл бұрын

    I laughed so hard at that part

  • @ar_nim

    @ar_nim

    Жыл бұрын

    The IRS agent is more seasoned at searching things in the Internet and connect the dots lol It's a smart move considering how he searched the traces of it before any media coverage Kinda like those skill that we use to find that old forgotten meme that we used to laugh at 😂😂

  • @abhisheklama1393

    @abhisheklama1393

    Жыл бұрын

    The definition of Occam's Razor, lol

  • @AndrewFlower

    @AndrewFlower

    Жыл бұрын

    definitely going to pay my taxes

  • @truthboom

    @truthboom

    Жыл бұрын

    thought google might have sell him out lol

  • @iloveplayingpr
    @iloveplayingpr Жыл бұрын

    It's crazy to think that former government employees can get like 6 years in prison for stealing literally from the government, and people who sell crack, even small can get life.

  • @burningfarts

    @burningfarts

    Жыл бұрын

    It's also crazy that the Judge calls Him out for being a drug dealer, when big pharma literally pays off the gov't to do the same thing.

  • @MrMartin48705

    @MrMartin48705

    Жыл бұрын

    @@burningfarts as far as I'm concerned, he should've been in jail for like a month based on what he was actually selling. The dude created a website where people got together and sold illegal shit to each other, doesn't really sound like his problem. I suppose the US idiots hardly ever prosecuted real drug and weapon dealers as much as this poor guy. And yeah, Silk Road is gone, yet the percentage of drug addicts and school shootings is going up, whoops, seems like they did something wrong.

  • @u6uggg6hguiuggy

    @u6uggg6hguiuggy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrMartin48705 It's going up coz it's addictive. A person who has done it once has a hard time to stop. The inflow of new 'doers', however, increases due to teenagers like me. But yea it's not like it really fixes much. Anyone can just make a new website ans start the whole thing over again. And there's a lot more messed up shit on the dark web than magic mushrooms and LSD. However, i don't get why people do stuff like LSD, coke, shrooms, heroin, etc. It's expensive as shit and i personally prefer just drinking with friends, sometimes. I mean the cig tasted kinda shitty. Won't do that again. 10 cents isn't worth that cig smh.

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    @evv1508

    Жыл бұрын

    It's called Double Standards.

  • @ebutuoy0312

    @ebutuoy0312

    Жыл бұрын

    Think about how much that crack affects to bunch of end users' life which might leads to their life corruption. That's why it is treated in that way.

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    @SendNewt

    6 ай бұрын

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  • @non-ya228
    @non-ya22810 ай бұрын

    What is sad is drug dealers spend more time in prison for selling to adults who choose to buy this crap then a pedophile, who forces himself upon a child and destroys his or her identity and worth. It literally makes me sick

  • @dolaaal

    @dolaaal

    7 ай бұрын

    Maybe there's a reason for that.. you would not arrest people of the same as you 🥸

  • @cherrycotapie

    @cherrycotapie

    7 ай бұрын

    really? 😮

  • @mikegaskell589

    @mikegaskell589

    7 ай бұрын

    Could not agree more

  • @fionadonnelly9911

    @fionadonnelly9911

    7 ай бұрын

    @@dolaaalu realize the “you” u are referring to is actually YOU right?

  • @ra9552

    @ra9552

    7 ай бұрын

    because drug lords are stealing the business from the gvt, cia...

  • @babynugget706
    @babynugget7069 ай бұрын

    What did we learn from this? Be an FBI agent when you commit crimes because you can avoid a shit ton of jail time.

  • @cherrycotapie

    @cherrycotapie

    7 ай бұрын

    i dont think they actually use the drugs

  • @teleman07

    @teleman07

    7 ай бұрын

    @@cherrycotapie Using drugs is not a crime anyway. Unless you sell.

  • @cherrycotapie

    @cherrycotapie

    7 ай бұрын

    @@teleman07 im pretty sure the drugs they buy while investigating is kept as evidence or discarded. i dont think the operator can get a hand on it and keep it to themselves

  • @teleman07

    @teleman07

    7 ай бұрын

    @@cherrycotapie True. There is this joke about this whole process: One day the dea agent apprehends 10kg of drugs and goes to his boss: Agent- Sir we have caught 9kgs of drugs with the sting operation. Boss -Very good. Nice job on catching 8kg of drugs. Boss goes to his director. Boss- Sir we have caught 7kg of drugs in our operation. Director- Amazing job on catching 6kg of drugs. Director brings the drugs to elimination and recycle center. Director- Here is the 5kg of drugs we caught in the operation. Center chief- Good job director. We will destroy this 4kg of drugs pronto. Chief brings the drugs to operator of incinerator kiln. Chief- Destroy this 3kg of drugs that are caught by DEA. Operator- Sure boss I will destroy this 2kg of drugs now. Operator incinerates 1kg of drugs...

  • @cherrycotapie

    @cherrycotapie

    7 ай бұрын

    @@teleman07 haha 😆

  • @Mattyouyous
    @Mattyouyous6 ай бұрын

    Amazing how he turned his life around, changed his name and became one of Hollywood’s A-list actors. Respect Robert Pattinson

  • @rosajovanovikj2683

    @rosajovanovikj2683

    6 ай бұрын

    😂 I thought the same too! He looks just like him!

  • @ece-hr5fg

    @ece-hr5fg

    6 ай бұрын

    LMFAOO

  • @redcommander27
    @redcommander277 ай бұрын

    To everyone wondering why he got such a harsh sentence, there are three reasons. 1. The judge said she wanted to make an example out of him as a deterrent against others 2. The murder-for-hire charges were dropped, but judges can and in this case did, consider uncharged allegations in your sentence as aggravating factors 3. He was offered a plea deal, but turned it down and took his chances at trial (The feds have a 95% or higher conviction rate). If you do that, they always the throw the book at you and pursue the maximum possible sentence. I’m not justifying it, just explaining the reasons.

  • @TAPATIOPLEASE

    @TAPATIOPLEASE

    4 ай бұрын

    Yup and you couldnt have summarized any better.

  • @Rishi2015

    @Rishi2015

    4 ай бұрын

    What was the plea deal?

  • @redcommander27

    @redcommander27

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Rishi2015 I forget exactly. It would have been hard time, but nothing compared to what he got.

  • @ingGS

    @ingGS

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes, that is why sentence hearings are separated from trials. You CANNOT mention previous crimes or uncharged offenses in front of a jury, but the prosecution can bring it up for sentencing to the judge after found guilty.

  • @MinkahDavidson-qy5wy

    @MinkahDavidson-qy5wy

    3 ай бұрын

    10 years 😳

  • @rahulalone9942
    @rahulalone9942 Жыл бұрын

    That judgement was too harsh. Even murderers get out of prison quickly and giving interviews on how they commited that murder.

  • @troliskimosko

    @troliskimosko

    Жыл бұрын

    But he is, at least in attempt, a murderer as well.

  • @casmcphee5809

    @casmcphee5809

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed, and now stores can sell drugs, some countries even allow coke but in a very small amount

  • @SplashSeminar

    @SplashSeminar

    Жыл бұрын

    He put out hits on multiple people lol

  • @keyboardcommando7000

    @keyboardcommando7000

    Жыл бұрын

    @@casmcphee5809 What stores sell drugs 🤣 Never heard of that in my entire life

  • @Desalater2

    @Desalater2

    Жыл бұрын

    @@keyboardcommando7000 they dont have weed stores in america?

  • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
    @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin13682 жыл бұрын

    Ulbrict should've become a cop first. That way he would've gotten a more lenient sentence.

  • @apexone5502

    @apexone5502

    Жыл бұрын

    @DrizzDaddy it’s not the comment we had asked for but it’s the one we need.

  • @bobbycigarillo

    @bobbycigarillo

    Жыл бұрын

    @DrizzDaddy it was in reference to the crooked DEA agents involved getting only 6 years while Ross got 2 life sentences. Keep up

  • @canesugar911

    @canesugar911

    Жыл бұрын

    @DrizzDaddy so what? Freedom of speech.

  • @canesugar911

    @canesugar911

    Жыл бұрын

    @DrizzDaddy so what? Freedom of speech.

  • @canesugar911

    @canesugar911

    Жыл бұрын

    @DrizzDaddy why soo triggered.

  • @LuisaSweden-rf3ke
    @LuisaSweden-rf3ke2 ай бұрын

    I started doing drugs since my teenage. Got addicted to heroin. Heroin addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

  • @Mcdogmom288

    @Mcdogmom288

    2 ай бұрын

    Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.

  • @Bastianbishops

    @Bastianbishops

    2 ай бұрын

    Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Germany. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.

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    @DonnHowes

    2 ай бұрын

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  • @Edennnn926

    @Edennnn926

    2 ай бұрын

    I hate that psilocybin gets grouped with drugs like cocaine and heroin. Mushrooms are a remedy, not a vice! I went on a microdose treatment for a couple of months and within the first week, every sight of a cigarette got me questioning why I was doing all that to myself. It really works.

  • @gefferystones2814

    @gefferystones2814

    2 ай бұрын

    How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta

  • @MegaLoquendo2000
    @MegaLoquendo20007 ай бұрын

    Such an interesting story, it deserves a proper film adaptation.

  • @raven4k998

    @raven4k998

    6 ай бұрын

    some boy scout most do not rise to his level sadly just goes to show those that burn the brightest burn out the fastest😭

  • @DavidKen878

    @DavidKen878

    4 ай бұрын

    It got one. It was very good

  • @beastboy44567

    @beastboy44567

    Ай бұрын

    ikr I wanna hear his personal story . Like a documentary interviewing him in depth

  • @DavidKen878

    @DavidKen878

    Ай бұрын

    @@beastboy44567 Why? You know he's still claiming to be innocent right?

  • @petya7105
    @petya7105 Жыл бұрын

    i actually thought his plea to the judge to be released in old age was really beautifully written. edit: i see so many people arguing in the responses to my comment that he deserves to rot in jail. my comment wasn't pro or con on that. i was just admiring the aesthetics of his poetry.

  • @emil3458

    @emil3458

    Жыл бұрын

    Also i don't get why they couldn't leave him atleast a few years of freedom before he dies. Like if he gets cancer or gets sick. I guess the American prison system doesn't do rehabilitation, just punishes people.

  • @denji9671

    @denji9671

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emil3458 you would be absolutely right

  • @MainStreamRegimeDemocrats

    @MainStreamRegimeDemocrats

    Жыл бұрын

    @Petya absolutely I agree i cannot believe that they didn't let this kid live again one day what a complete joke. The government commits more evil every single day than this kid who made a huge mistake but didn't directly sell anybody drugs he just gave drug users a better and safer way to get the stuff they ALREADY get....

  • @TwiceBorn369

    @TwiceBorn369

    Жыл бұрын

    You wouldn’t say that if he was black

  • @alternativeview99

    @alternativeview99

    Жыл бұрын

    Why? because he is white? The judge was dealing with exactly this type of privilege.

  • @justbeadaydreamer
    @justbeadaydreamer4 ай бұрын

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  • @Sammasambuddha
    @Sammasambuddha7 ай бұрын

    A friend told me, during the Silk Road era, he could finally relax about his drug habit since the negative pressure to go to his street dealer was off his shoulders, when he placed his orders online. He was guaranteed quality products with online vendors whom he'd made "friends" with. Then somehow, the ease of which he could buy, turned off his switch of *need* to a *disdain* towards drugs. It was "too much of a good thing". He cold turkey-ed his habit realizing he was motivated to *use* through the process of enabling anxiety to get to his dealer, thus realising he had been addicted to the excitement of "the buy". He got out of it in the end all thanks to SR.

  • @omgitsgassio3191

    @omgitsgassio3191

    7 ай бұрын

    underrated comment i had a similiar experience when i was the plug

  • @Sammasambuddha

    @Sammasambuddha

    7 ай бұрын

    @@omgitsgassio3191 Truth is often underrated 🙏

  • @mikejones9906

    @mikejones9906

    6 ай бұрын

    Tell that to the thousands of people who inevitably overdosed. Dead people can't give ratings.

  • @andresbedolla798

    @andresbedolla798

    6 ай бұрын

    To add to this and think about the violence that people nowadays go through to get drugs than they did back when silkroad was available is crazy I’m not justifying it, just a thought

  • @mikejones9906

    @mikejones9906

    6 ай бұрын

    @@andresbedolla798 You know what's violent?? Dying of an overdose because you trusted some stranger online.

  • @seeno1
    @seeno1 Жыл бұрын

    Life without parole. That’s much longer then most drug dealers. Plus without the murders, violence that comes with being a major drug dealer. They wanted to make an example of him.

  • @chersegems2315

    @chersegems2315

    Жыл бұрын

    He was already giving orders to have former employees murdered. He wasn’t at all above using violence and brutality, just afraid of getting involved himself. A privileged kid thinking of himself as better than other drug dealers and above consequences, exactly as the judge said.

  • @seeno1

    @seeno1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chersegems2315 Negative. He wasn’t charged nor found guilt of conspiracy to commit murder. Can only be sentenced on charges he was found guilty of.

  • @chersegems2315

    @chersegems2315

    Жыл бұрын

    @@seeno1 lmao, so because he wasn’t technically charged, the on-record messages from him clearly ordering his former employees’ deaths don’t count when evaluating his character ourselves? So the trial is a miscarriage of justice when it ends with a stronger conviction than you’d like, but is simultaneously the final word in the matter of him ordering assassinations like a cartel or mafia don?

  • @falconwings1037

    @falconwings1037

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chersegems2315 oh 👏. That's a wrap, slam dunk point bruh. I feel for the guy kind of. He fucked up. But how could someone so smart with a physics degree do something so dumb. Suburban kids are book smart not life smart. Personally I'd like to see him free In a decade. On a very long parole. Make him work for the fbi like Leo Di caprios Frank abignale junior in catch me if you can. The government needed to make an example of him . But yeh he acted like mafia and didn't even catch those charges. He ordered the death of other people like a game without consequences. That means he has an evil 😈 spot in his heart.

  • @jensen_2261

    @jensen_2261

    Жыл бұрын

    Most drug dealers can't even dream of the damage this kid did.

  • @ulture
    @ulture Жыл бұрын

    The judge admitted her main motivation was to prevent ‘disruption to the social fabric’, rather than justice. Says it all.

  • @GetOffUrPhone

    @GetOffUrPhone

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly... Some bullshit double standards right there

  • @eventsv3298

    @eventsv3298

    Жыл бұрын

    @Ingeniator Abderamus The Judge obeys the regulations set by big pharma and other lobbied interests. It was not an act of justice, it was an act of fear that the internet could undermine the government's wealth. It's why the big banks got their fingerprints all over crypto, and why the internet is under attack. They gave him life + 40 years as a warning to anybody else wanting to do something similar.

  • @ulture

    @ulture

    Жыл бұрын

    @Ingeniator Abderamus I didn't say they were 'mutually exclusive', I'm saying they're not really related at all. There is nothing inherently moral about stasis, nor anything inherently immoral about change.

  • @Martin-cx3pe

    @Martin-cx3pe

    Жыл бұрын

    I mean, isnt it justice putting away a person helping drug addicts be stayed on drugs even more?

  • @LouieKaram10

    @LouieKaram10

    Жыл бұрын

    The true social fabric is without tyranny. Sic semper tyrannis

  • @JobsJ87
    @JobsJ876 ай бұрын

    American Kingpin is the book about Ross Ulbricht, it is truly one of the best true story books I've ever read. I could not put it down. This video was very well made and covered a lot of information in 22 mins.

  • @georgeabernathy6646
    @georgeabernathy66466 ай бұрын

    I'm 63 years old and I don't know what I just watched, but it was great! Millennials and beyond ROCK!

  • @Kodeb8
    @Kodeb8 Жыл бұрын

    It's insane that he got two life sentences for essentially making a deep web ebay.

  • @kiklocus4660

    @kiklocus4660

    Жыл бұрын

    how about the hits he ordered

  • @tyjusto9351

    @tyjusto9351

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kiklocus4660 that would be relevant if he got charged for those hits.

  • @kba

    @kba

    Жыл бұрын

    Maximilian Schmidt did something similar and only got 7 years and served only half of it. (He only sold $3.8M though, quite a small empire compared to $200M)

  • @woofmeowmeowwooffestival4774

    @woofmeowmeowwooffestival4774

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@kiklocus4660 was he charged for those?

  • @kiklocus4660

    @kiklocus4660

    Жыл бұрын

    @@woofmeowmeowwooffestival4774 no idea man I live by the rule that life is not fair, there is no such thing as fairness, it exists when its convenient

  • @sandeepsingh18
    @sandeepsingh18 Жыл бұрын

    You summarised whole story in 23 minutes, was aware of the incident from the beginning but you have done a great research and wonderful storytelling.

  • @damienocallaghan2648

    @damienocallaghan2648

    Жыл бұрын

    Good storytelling......Pity it is a Female ROBOT......

  • @jerm2296

    @jerm2296

    Жыл бұрын

    @@damienocallaghan2648 that ruins the whole thing for you? lol virgin

  • @mikeef747

    @mikeef747

    Жыл бұрын

    @@damienocallaghan2648 Researching, writing and summarizing the story is what he meant, that is a very large task. Posting it into text to speech software is something completely different. But as someone that had worked with text to speech on a professional level, it was done very well because you have to tweak it so that the pauses and transitions are coherent and not some unnatural sounding.

  • @mikeef747

    @mikeef747

    Жыл бұрын

    You're right! The amount of research that went into this was a lot of work, the brilliant part was summarizing it in such a way that listeners like you and me are intrigued enough to listen beyond the first 30 seconds and compelling enough that we lose track of time to listen to the entire presentation!

  • @hanselmansell7555

    @hanselmansell7555

    Жыл бұрын

    She name checks Nick Bilton an his book American Kingpin, basically the only research necessary.

  • @thegunner4141
    @thegunner41417 ай бұрын

    This is how all informative KZread videos should be, thorough and unbiased.

  • @michaelgarvey2148
    @michaelgarvey21486 ай бұрын

    Never challenge a government to a fight on who is the best drug dealer .

  • @Praisethesunson

    @Praisethesunson

    6 ай бұрын

    The CIA hates competition

  • @thomastwomey4617
    @thomastwomey4617 Жыл бұрын

    I feel like I just watched 22 hours of information in 22 minutes. So thorough! Great job Cindy Pom.

  • @lubu9209

    @lubu9209

    7 ай бұрын

    Was randomly recommended this video. First thing I though was, "60 Minutes", wasn't too far off. Although I'm American, so maybe that's why 60 min came to mind.

  • @emirtemiz_

    @emirtemiz_

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@lubu9209 because of i am turkish guy i accidentally confused minute and second each other, and i thought that this video lasts for 60 seconds but soon i figure it out that it is not 60 seconds

  • @shekelboi

    @shekelboi

    6 ай бұрын

    I definitely misread that last name, lol

  • @thestranger1475

    @thestranger1475

    6 ай бұрын

    Same@@shekelboi , I just looked at it, cycled down comments...then my brain was like "WUT?"...

  • @henriksvensson2836

    @henriksvensson2836

    2 ай бұрын

    is cindy pom the cleaning lady from Family guy?

  • @GRrekluse
    @GRrekluse Жыл бұрын

    This just fuels my disgust for the "Justice" system even more. Like many have stated before me, murderers get shorter terms, the government themselves smuggled in cocaine in the 80's, but God forbid that an individual does the same and Uncle Sam doesn't get a cut of the profits. The biggest prison sentence he obtain was the financial one, speaks volumes.

  • @zirkereuler5242

    @zirkereuler5242

    Жыл бұрын

    and to top it off the sentences on those corrupt government agents were 6 years...

  • @samjohannes9969

    @samjohannes9969

    Жыл бұрын

    He put 5 hits out.

  • @zirkereuler5242

    @zirkereuler5242

    Жыл бұрын

    @@samjohannes9969 there were no charges for that.

  • @halfmelty

    @halfmelty

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zirkereuler5242 does that change the fact that he intended to have people murdered?

  • @aks1993kumar

    @aks1993kumar

    Жыл бұрын

    @@samjohannes9969 That is liberal hogwash.

  • @DavidAshraqata
    @DavidAshraqata2 ай бұрын

    Honestly $150-180k starting isn’t that amazing considering how many hours they work. It sounds like over 80 hours a week based on the lack of Saturday night dinner time and being on the job at bed time, and honestly any decent first year attorney consulting position will have a way better dollar per hour figure. I worked around 30 hours at most my first year in the field and made around $100k plus massive benefits like free health insurance.

  • @christinecampbell7331

    @christinecampbell7331

    2 ай бұрын

    Who is the driving force behind your success?.

  • @timgraham185

    @timgraham185

    2 ай бұрын

    thanks for info.. knowledge is power they say!

  • @DavidAshraqata

    @DavidAshraqata

    2 ай бұрын

    you are welcome @@timgraham185

  • @DavidAshraqata

    @DavidAshraqata

    2 ай бұрын

    her name is Olivia Rene Reyes sorry i did not state that earlier@@christinecampbell7331

  • @MattKrispy-ve6sg

    @MattKrispy-ve6sg

    2 ай бұрын

    hmmm she seems true

  • @whyzi6143
    @whyzi61435 ай бұрын

    They tried to make an example out of him with that sentence. But boy oh boy that back fired. There were so many marketplaces once the silk road when down. It was like roger starting a pirate era

  • @simonb8988
    @simonb8988 Жыл бұрын

    I chatted with Ross a few times, due to a support ticket I submitted early on during TSR’s run. I only knew him as The Dread Pirate Roberts at that time of course. I’ve been clean now for 7 years, but I was addicted to oxycodone for 6 years, and got scammed by a vendor called, “New York Fuego” on an order for 20 x 30mg oxycodone pills for $400, which he never shipped. He was super nice and helpful. He resolved my issue and refunded my $400 in less than 24 hours and then banned the vendor who scammed me.

  • @simonb8988

    @simonb8988

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bigjunior2172 All users who used The Silk Road the first year or so after it opened and submitted a support ticket got either him or 1 other support person. Ross had to manually approve all refunds until later on in TSR’s life. He didn’t have a real support staff until the latter half of 2012 and it opened in 2011. There are literally hundreds, if not, thousands of others who chatted with him because of support tickets as well. I wasn’t saying it was some rare thing that only I experienced. I don’t know why you’d think i’d lie about something so random and stupid for no reason. I’m not a “kiddo” either. I was like 25 at that time.

  • @snoop3539

    @snoop3539

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bigjunior2172 when a kid says "kiddo" to someone else... You are prbbly younger than TSR.

  • @simonb8988

    @simonb8988

    Жыл бұрын

    @@snoop3539 Either younger or immature troll haha. I just thought it was an interesting little story that I know hundreds/thousands of others probably experienced too. It sucks that he’s being a tool, because we have similar tastes in comedy, based on his subscriptions.

  • @strcs_

    @strcs_

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm happy that you are clean now. Have a great day sir

  • @Stephen-on6bf

    @Stephen-on6bf

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bigjunior2172 The condescension is a bad look, champ.

  • @jordanschiltz8110
    @jordanschiltz81107 ай бұрын

    His sentence is crazy considering that someone who killed 2 people while drunk driving only got 14 years

  • @tobi9838

    @tobi9838

    7 ай бұрын

    if 2 people = 14 years, how many lives do you think the silkroad took?

  • @random_jamdon_son3523

    @random_jamdon_son3523

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@tobi9838how many lives has smoking and drinking took?

  • @green_light_8806

    @green_light_8806

    7 ай бұрын

    End the unconstitutional war on drugs.

  • @kangaroo4847

    @kangaroo4847

    7 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@tobi9838People will always find a way to get drugs, the only thing the government can do is educate people and make sure no one is buying laced stuff to reduce deaths.

  • @PutinosauRUS

    @PutinosauRUS

    7 ай бұрын

    Drinking is good for the goverment. Alcohol is a legal drug. Here in Russia, 100 ml small bottle of legal vodka is only 1 USD at current exchange rate.

  • @VegasPedro
    @VegasPedro Жыл бұрын

    Crazy to think that someone who did not kill first hand is able to get life in prison. Feels like this case really struck a nerve with the government.

  • @pinebarrenpatriot8289

    @pinebarrenpatriot8289

    Жыл бұрын

    The government like chuck Schumer is against people injecting drugs unless it's their own blood clotting vaccine. Leftist hypocrite.

  • @haterrloverrrychh9031

    @haterrloverrrychh9031

    9 ай бұрын

    probably cause it was difficult to find him

  • @cool-yt1zq

    @cool-yt1zq

    9 ай бұрын

    Drug dealers get life sentences quite often so it’s not surprising

  • @ed-_-7779

    @ed-_-7779

    9 ай бұрын

    they made example of him

  • @peanutbutterisfu

    @peanutbutterisfu

    9 ай бұрын

    Nobody was killed at all he was scammed into paying someone to kill 5 people but they were never killed. Regardless if you pay someone to kill a person you should be more guilty then the person that did it the only reason they are dead is because you wanted it done.

  • @petertrom4397
    @petertrom43976 ай бұрын

    This was an EXCELLENT video! Thank you!

  • @sternwardboss
    @sternwardboss6 ай бұрын

    The good old days of Silk Road. Gone but not forgotten

  • @easemailboxes
    @easemailboxes Жыл бұрын

    Having personally researched the topic intensely myself in an ongoing capacity, I am deeply impressed with the quality and accuracy of this report. Well done and thank you.

  • @redwolfexr

    @redwolfexr

    Жыл бұрын

    I heard he got more than a "bear hug" when he tried to get his laptop back.

  • @rogoznicafc9672

    @rogoznicafc9672

    Жыл бұрын

    @@redwolfexr did they punch him?

  • @redwolfexr

    @redwolfexr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rogoznicafc9672 Standard issue big husky dude in armor.. ground, and "suspect" was the "high speed impact" filling between them was what I heard. Wired, I think it was.

  • @crateer

    @crateer

    Жыл бұрын

    How do you know about accuracy?

  • @budgetking2591

    @budgetking2591

    Жыл бұрын

    exept he wasnt a druglord, he just ran the site.

  • @MrTmm97
    @MrTmm978 ай бұрын

    I graduated and started college in 2011. The Silk Road was well known and used amongst friends and fraternities. It literally was the Amazon of Drugs. Those were crazy times.

  • @Kasperx138

    @Kasperx138

    7 ай бұрын

    he's only in jail because he cut out the CIA

  • @MubashirullahD

    @MubashirullahD

    7 ай бұрын

    you mean it was that common to take drgus in college. Man, what a bad influence. College is tough but it aint that bad to make someone do drugs

  • @Sammasambuddha

    @Sammasambuddha

    7 ай бұрын

    @MubashirullahD Uhh, party drugs are used in colleges to party, not to escape the horrors of college life. Sounds like you're using for all the wrong reasons. Stay safe.

  • @oceancat0450

    @oceancat0450

    6 ай бұрын

    Those were great times. Not going to lie.

  • @jasonbachelor604

    @jasonbachelor604

    5 ай бұрын

    No. That is a sane, manageable market. Funny how fentanyl came so quickly after this stupid bust.

  • @thegunner4141
    @thegunner41417 ай бұрын

    The government was more concerned with what this could mean for them rather than the people who were buying his drugs.

  • @procrastinatingrn3936

    @procrastinatingrn3936

    3 ай бұрын

    Problem is that he undermined the government selling ooops i mean cartel flooding cities with drugs.

  • @damroyaltyxxii
    @damroyaltyxxii6 ай бұрын

    the prison sentencing kind of rubs me the wrong way. i've seen rapists, pedos, murderers, & shooters get less than 5-10 years, then a drug crime like this gets double life? the criminal system is so backwards

  • @mikejones9906

    @mikejones9906

    6 ай бұрын

    It's called people overdosing and dying, ever heard of it???

  • @bro...5849

    @bro...5849

    6 ай бұрын

    ⁠​⁠@@mikejones9906and those people choose to buy and use drugs. The victims of rapists, pedos, and murderers don’t get to choose.

  • @jattworld1984

    @jattworld1984

    5 ай бұрын

    @@mikejones9906ever heard of Opioid Pharma Bros being in Prison ? Their body count is millions.

  • @golden-63

    @golden-63

    4 ай бұрын

    @@mikejones9906 What about the cigarette and alcohol companies that kill millions?

  • @Objektivan_Hajdukovac

    @Objektivan_Hajdukovac

    2 ай бұрын

    @@mikejones9906 he didnt put drugs into anyones body, he put it on sale and people willingly bought it. they would buy it anyway and overdose.

  • @mattsheezy5469
    @mattsheezy5469 Жыл бұрын

    The Judge had an interesting perspective in her findings. Murderers, and Rapists don’t get life, so I personally don’t agree, but I hadn’t considered comparing him to a real life drug dealer. If the Manson girls can get out, surely this guy can, especially as our culture moves towards treating addiction as the mental illness, & health problem that it truly is. He’s fortunate to have so many supporters.

  • @allanpeters4788

    @allanpeters4788

    Жыл бұрын

    It's hard to argue that anyone is ment to spend the intier life's in prison but if anyone is I would say someone who put hits out on pepoles life's and trafficed litteral tons of meth and harion would be one of them

  • @levinascimento1995

    @levinascimento1995

    Жыл бұрын

    Although I agree life in prison is a harsh sentence, I get it, as this sentence sets a precedent, a warning for people looking at ventures of this type. But in regards to what you said about addiction, what was Ulbricht addicted to? Money? Control of his "empire" ? That's a bit ironic in light of libertarianism, I think. There may be many ways of fighting for libertarian causes, but I don't believe that libertarianism was his major goal.

  • @anonymoususer3888

    @anonymoususer3888

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, murder and rape is WAY way worse than drug related crimes, and murder and rape absolutely should get life in prison since they’re horrible crimes I agree that he has a chance to get out

  • @zayzay4405

    @zayzay4405

    Жыл бұрын

    They using him as an example.

  • @krpineda17

    @krpineda17

    Жыл бұрын

    You can r*pe all the girls you want but you cannot r*pe the government LOL. serious tho, if they hadn't stopped him early he has the potential to be a cold killing kingpin.

  • @di_kid00
    @di_kid00 Жыл бұрын

    For him to be sentenced that long vs those convicted within pharmaceutical to still be walking free, rich from the suffering of many (including my grandmother) is insane. Sigh.

  • @jonstone9741

    @jonstone9741

    Жыл бұрын

    Excellent point. The Sackler family flooded America with oxycontin, resulting in thousands of overdose deaths, but they are billionaires who won't spend any time in prison.

  • @cool-yt1zq

    @cool-yt1zq

    9 ай бұрын

    Not really drugs dealers get life sentences often . Like the judge said he was privileged and still picked a life of crime it’s his fault

  • @watchmyback400

    @watchmyback400

    8 ай бұрын

    @@cool-yt1zqhe’s a sociopath if i’m not mistaken but still your right

  • @ravanpee1325

    @ravanpee1325

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@cool-yt1zqAs if the US big families act differently

  • @Woody193sotsc

    @Woody193sotsc

    7 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @dnbcone
    @dnbcone5 ай бұрын

    Thanks bro had some lovely stuff off of there ❤

  • @jeffreyferreira3811
    @jeffreyferreira38112 ай бұрын

    Great video! Is there a video anywhere that I can watch about how Ulbright got his hands on the drugs themselves? Did he have a chemist? Did he have contact dealers? It's genuinely impressive how his supply was able to keep up with the crazy demand.

  • @SCY7H3
    @SCY7H32 жыл бұрын

    Perfect videolength for a dinner video, cheers!

  • @SCY7H3

    @SCY7H3

    2 жыл бұрын

    Update: this was amazing, thank you once again!

  • @MUFC1933

    @MUFC1933

    Жыл бұрын

    Don’t be watching tele at the dinner table tut tut 😊

  • @SCY7H3

    @SCY7H3

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MUFC1933 I live by myself hahaha

  • @Mrbrownthesemite

    @Mrbrownthesemite

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. Also perfect when early to work

  • @tommymc7535

    @tommymc7535

    Жыл бұрын

    This video leaves out so much like the emails…. He gets scammed by that genius that had like 5 separate accounts created.

  • @rtejas5743
    @rtejas5743 Жыл бұрын

    Robert Pattinson’s origin story is definitely humbling

  • @_nailz

    @_nailz

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣 I thought I was the only one who thought he looked like Robert Pattinson too!

  • @mrsspawn1532

    @mrsspawn1532

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too! Haha

  • @SunlessPeriwinkle

    @SunlessPeriwinkle

    Жыл бұрын

    Someone said it thank god, I was literally so confused at first thinking why Robert Pattinson is a drug lord lmao.

  • @Benjy9845

    @Benjy9845

    Жыл бұрын

    Came here expecting every comment to be saying this 😂

  • @ryanmiller5473

    @ryanmiller5473

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought that lmao

  • @TheGodbody
    @TheGodbody27 күн бұрын

    This story will never get old i love seeing this

  • @global4508
    @global45086 ай бұрын

    To summarize: -do not use Gmail -do not disclose your thoughts on social media -never overdo anything

  • @GH-oi2jf

    @GH-oi2jf

    6 ай бұрын

    Do not engage in criminal conspiracies.

  • @KoolWhhip

    @KoolWhhip

    6 ай бұрын

    @@GH-oi2jf Unless you're the government.

  • @Rex93241
    @Rex93241 Жыл бұрын

    The judge speaking of there being no privilege in the our(US) judicial system is laughable.

  • @MrTsiolkovsky

    @MrTsiolkovsky

    Жыл бұрын

    True. For democrats in high profile cases, it hardly exists at all!

  • @nnoir

    @nnoir

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrTsiolkovsky Dont do that. Dual party system just works to divide the United States. The founding fathers said it themselves. Lets just be honest and say for white people in high profile cases it hardly exists at all.

  • @XtoCee

    @XtoCee

    Жыл бұрын

    He was literally the epitome of privileged. White, middle-class, Ivy League education and still managed to F'up his life.

  • @davidjr4903

    @davidjr4903

    Жыл бұрын

    @@XtoCee black "people" are the most privileged group nowadays

  • @RHINOSAUR

    @RHINOSAUR

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrTsiolkovsky - Trumpers always give themselves away.

  • @PeaceLoveandMolotovs
    @PeaceLoveandMolotovs Жыл бұрын

    On behalf of this country, this prison sentence is an embarrassment

  • @arizonatea3734

    @arizonatea3734

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you want more or less time?

  • @jimmywoo2022

    @jimmywoo2022

    Жыл бұрын

    @@arizonatea3734 less obviously

  • @rororobertson

    @rororobertson

    Жыл бұрын

    Very

  • @maxkho00

    @maxkho00

    Жыл бұрын

    @@arizonatea3734 More. They want the sentence to extend to the afterlife.

  • @SeasideStrangler

    @SeasideStrangler

    Жыл бұрын

    They care because the government wasn't getting a share, they don't care because it was immoral.

  • @dejazO0
    @dejazO07 ай бұрын

    I'm agreed with his philosophy everyone should be allowed to do, eat, drink whatever they want if they ain't hurting anyone physically.

  • @aariz582
    @aariz5827 ай бұрын

    but didnt the alpha02 guy own silk road or was this guy the owner of a ressuruction or was the alpha02 guy owner of the ressuruction correct me if im wrong

  • @edgelamer
    @edgelamer Жыл бұрын

    The most interesting thing for me is that he allegedly ordered multiple murders for hire. It says a lot about how it all snowballed for him. From a free marketplace to getting to this dark place of being a world #1 drug lord that "does what he has to do" like murder for hire. I think he never intended to do that kind of things when he first started the project.

  • @hackthegibsons9815

    @hackthegibsons9815

    Жыл бұрын

    The used that to get the searches then immediately dropped the charges for the murder for hire. Seems they didnt have anything to back up the claims and that was never added to the trial. Also doesnt even get into the claims he made that he wasn't the only person who had access to the account.

  • @kyleyerbury5043

    @kyleyerbury5043

    Жыл бұрын

    he did

  • @IL_Bgentyl

    @IL_Bgentyl

    Жыл бұрын

    Seems he was willing to compromise himself for what he seen as a greater good. Aka Silk Road for everyone.

  • @ufsteropolstero6014

    @ufsteropolstero6014

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IL_Bgentyl do you really believe the bullshit coming out of your mouth?

  • @ufsteropolstero6014

    @ufsteropolstero6014

    Жыл бұрын

    Most of these freedumb types are privileged white boys who wants rules for others but not for themselves. It's an ego thing first so they're mostly sociopaths.

  • @emmac329
    @emmac329 Жыл бұрын

    I’m surprised the crocked cops only got 6 years. There should be even harsher punishment for those in law enforcement seeing as their job is to uphold the law. 🙄

  • @likeablecloud2454

    @likeablecloud2454

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah but what they did is mostly warrented to minor charges. there are thousands of people who do money laundering and get less than 4 years and obstruction of justice is a minor crime. as long as he didn't have intent to distribute narcotics etc, he wouldn't get as harsh of punishment. of course law enforcement know this so they aren't stupid enough to have intent to distribute etc. but they will money launder extort or obstruct justice as they know it will be minor charges.

  • @oniisuki9025

    @oniisuki9025

    Жыл бұрын

    @@likeablecloud2454 “Obstruction of justice is a minor crime”… yeah your country’s screwed

  • @likeablecloud2454

    @likeablecloud2454

    Жыл бұрын

    @@oniisuki9025 obstruction of justice is a major crime but the charges are minor for what it's for. They didn't prevent them from investigating they just took a bribe and didn't really their findings. It's just how the obstruction of justice is committed that it's a minor offense. Also

  • @GP-qi1ve

    @GP-qi1ve

    Жыл бұрын

    drugs should be legal. You don't have to uphold the law if the law is stupid.

  • @likeablecloud2454

    @likeablecloud2454

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GP-qi1ve that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

  • @allenn7955
    @allenn79552 ай бұрын

    Back in my rave days, I bought molly (pure powder) from a friend who got his stuff from silk road. It was the best molly I ever had! Perfect high, no crappy comedown and no bad hangovers the next day. Ahh, the good ol' days!!

  • @mrorganic13
    @mrorganic136 ай бұрын

    “52 undercover purchases” yeah okay , man was getting his fix with the cops blessing 😭😂

  • @simony2801
    @simony2801 Жыл бұрын

    He was clearly guilty but to me the sentence was over the top. Life without parole was harsh.

  • @toromontana8290

    @toromontana8290

    Жыл бұрын

    I would have jury nullified all the drugs charges. They should have tried him for attempted murder though, which is actually a violation of the NAP (and he should know that being a libertarian).

  • @rickphilly1975

    @rickphilly1975

    Жыл бұрын

    Black people have entered the chat

  • @netvisionz

    @netvisionz

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree with you. Murderers get way less.

  • @jameskorva3925

    @jameskorva3925

    Жыл бұрын

    He wasn't guilty of anything immoral. He deserves no time in jail and it's disgusting to see so many slaves supporting this sentence.

  • @jameskorva3925

    @jameskorva3925

    Жыл бұрын

    @@toromontana8290 He never tried to murder anyone. That's government propaganda.

  • @anthony5227
    @anthony5227 Жыл бұрын

    The hard part of these videos is A. The deep research But more importantly B. Having a voice people can listen to for longer than 2 minutes. Great video!

  • @jaggirl

    @jaggirl

    Жыл бұрын

    Someone else's deep research. Then others come along and take it, snip it down and make it their own.

  • @itingzailenring1434

    @itingzailenring1434

    11 ай бұрын

    I love the voice ( narator) too😝

  • @Hassan-zw9tb

    @Hassan-zw9tb

    7 ай бұрын

    @@jaggirl fair use

  • @thedislikebutton1907

    @thedislikebutton1907

    7 ай бұрын

    Simp

  • @ChuckleHoneybear
    @ChuckleHoneybear7 ай бұрын

    Super judge! I was afraid he was almost going to get away with it, after all that work.

  • @ellinikos6281
    @ellinikos62814 ай бұрын

    it's really absurd how people were convinced to regard injustice as justice.

  • @sponish0

    @sponish0

    2 ай бұрын

    you mean people saying a guy making millions from an ilegal black market shouldn't face action for it?

  • @VeggieReddy
    @VeggieReddy Жыл бұрын

    I remember reading this news earlier.. one of the jury members, (a woman of a mother whose son committed suicide because of drug addiction) was hell bent on punishing this guy for life, while the other jury members wanted it to be like 10-20 years something and not life sentence.. so basically it was a wrong selection of Jury.. she took her personal revenge

  • @mrduuud

    @mrduuud

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought the judge makes the sentence. The Jury just decide guilty or not.

  • @kic7009

    @kic7009

    Жыл бұрын

    That's not how the US Court system works. Sounds good though.

  • @donaldotrumpu2069

    @donaldotrumpu2069

    Жыл бұрын

    It was the social justice warrior of a judge not the Jury, that's just how it works

  • @adw6894

    @adw6894

    Жыл бұрын

    Drug additions are the same ones who rob and steal from people when they need money to buy, they can even kill and injure people went they get high or drive on the street. Drugs should be banned completely, especially there'r so many saddies and edgy young people in this world.

  • @cdbs6562

    @cdbs6562

    Жыл бұрын

    Well good for her, love to see a girlboss winning.

  • @israelmadethisone316
    @israelmadethisone316 Жыл бұрын

    At 21:08 when judge was reading his sentence I felt like I was the one being sentenced , I can't imagine that being a reality for him . Too bad.

  • @subscribtionchnnl1472

    @subscribtionchnnl1472

    Жыл бұрын

    and he set his email as his full name what an idioit

  • @Dazza5007

    @Dazza5007

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah and damn very harsh I was expecting 10-15 years max lol

  • @israelmadethisone316

    @israelmadethisone316

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Dazza5007 facts

  • @crazytanks2001

    @crazytanks2001

    Жыл бұрын

    I watched another video a massive british drug dealer smuggling cocaine and making millions he online got a sentence of 8 years in an Asian country its mad how he got life 😳

  • @tn0wl361

    @tn0wl361

    Жыл бұрын

    @@crazytanks2001 that's actually kind of surprising. I've heard that asian countries are actually pretty death penalty happy when it comes to drug dealing.

  • @businessfiles5497
    @businessfiles54976 ай бұрын

    He does not deserve life in Prison. This is extremly twisted!

  • @DarlingWheresthecoffee
    @DarlingWheresthecoffeeАй бұрын

    Life in prison with no parole is insane

  • @slendii366
    @slendii366 Жыл бұрын

    Crazy how he went though all these loopholes, just to leave something as simple as a username and email public. If he didn't do that, would he have ever been caught?

  • @JaewonJung

    @JaewonJung

    Жыл бұрын

    I guess he didn’t think it would blow up to the extent it did

  • @LexMc0606

    @LexMc0606

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JaewonJung I hate to bring hindsight into this because it's too late now, but had he been a bit more thorough, keeping all of that stuff private and unlinked to anything besides just a sign up, he may have skirted by this whole thing. Honestly, we don't know, and we'll never know because all of this already happened and we don't have a Doctor Strange to look into other timelines for us. Nevertheless, GREAT video!

  • @coreytierney4078

    @coreytierney4078

    Жыл бұрын

    All good things come to an end. especially in the drug game

  • @roycedot

    @roycedot

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, it’s all in the video

  • @bzsbzs350

    @bzsbzs350

    Жыл бұрын

    When an individual makes millions tax free, they will always be caught. It's all about money and not so much about the crime. This is why alcohol is still legal and marijuana is going to be. They realized how much money and power they can get over the masses. Religion no longer works. It still makes tons of money but with the internet people can find out the truth now. When drugs and alcohol stop working they will strong arm us. Taking all the guns away and having us rely on them for safety vs being able to individually protect ourselves. Its already starting with all of these mass shootings they like to keep reporting to us. They are advocating for gun control. Meanwhile, our military has murdered millions and continues to do so UNCHECKED.

  • @jonathanmunz
    @jonathanmunz Жыл бұрын

    I have seen many documentaries on Silk Road and you have included a lot of information that was previously left out. Well done.

  • @SuperFinGuy

    @SuperFinGuy

    Жыл бұрын

    Okay thanks, that is all I needed to know, no sources needed. Now I fully trust this channel.

  • @joshuathomas6222

    @joshuathomas6222

    Жыл бұрын

    what tf are you going on about?

  • @okage_

    @okage_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joshuathomas6222 the video

  • @arikiropiha9821

    @arikiropiha9821

    Жыл бұрын

    Listen to the casefile KZread videos on this subject. Very detailed

  • @SuperFinGuy

    @SuperFinGuy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@arikiropiha9821 I'll look it up thanks, it just irks me that a channel pops up out of nowhere and somehow people trust it. Specially with these bot comments.

  • @66percentProcer
    @66percentProcer7 ай бұрын

    So Robert Patinson was always behind silk road

  • @RK-bz7hb
    @RK-bz7hb7 ай бұрын

    Amazing documentary! So well made. I wish I could tell stories like this. Bravo!

  • @bigbowlowrong4694
    @bigbowlowrong4694 Жыл бұрын

    I bought some really nice weed (an eighth😆) from Silk Road back in the day. It was delivered in two days from my order. Thanks Ross🙏

  • @monsterhunter445

    @monsterhunter445

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol that's Amazon prime style

  • @kaiw522

    @kaiw522

    Жыл бұрын

    Lmao best comment I've read all day

  • @kaiw522

    @kaiw522

    Жыл бұрын

    Especially that it was an 8th 🤣🤣🤣

  • @WolfepackJSJGA

    @WolfepackJSJGA

    Жыл бұрын

    Ross had nothing compared to the Clintons and Biden yet they still run free. He's in jail bc he dared to distribute on their turf. The world.

  • @OGRE_HATES_NERDS

    @OGRE_HATES_NERDS

    Жыл бұрын

    why didnt you just go get some from the store

  • @tanajikashid7721
    @tanajikashid77212 жыл бұрын

    Hats off to your dedication and research .... And your consistency...

  • @deetrixreed8961

    @deetrixreed8961

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, all that research. With such FACTUAL points like "The Netherlands which is a NOTORIOUS place for drugs." You know, nothing but top tier fair and OBJECTIVE reporting. LMFAO you snowflakes are a such a joke! Welcome to Normie-ville, population everyone who thinks this video is "well made."

  • @Maine_87
    @Maine_876 ай бұрын

    These types of things need to be get in, make your tens or hundreds of millions and get out! Get your money and either pass the site on or shut it down.

  • @oabcd0123
    @oabcd012329 күн бұрын

    It’s a well told story. I really enjoyed it.

  • @Wingalaxi
    @Wingalaxi Жыл бұрын

    In the US, you can fall from grace suddenly and the justice system can be implacably harsh. Ulbricht's sentence was and is ridiculously vindictive.

  • @rikmichaels9233

    @rikmichaels9233

    Жыл бұрын

    He didn’t fall from Grace though

  • @cdbs6562

    @cdbs6562

    Жыл бұрын

    They were definitely making an example out of him, to prevent any socially inept nerds from attempting to become anon drug dealers. Of course, our guy was already ordering executions and stuff so i don’t really feel bad for him.

  • @41italia

    @41italia

    Жыл бұрын

    @myles dean not fair at all, murderers don't even get sentences like that. the guy isn't a threat to anyone and he wasn't even supplying the drugs.

  • @41italia

    @41italia

    Жыл бұрын

    @myles dean as he described, one should have choice on what they put in their body, the fact that you think his sentence is deserved is outrageous. i'm not saying the guy is a saint but children wouldn't even have access to the dark web, that's a terrible take.

  • @imzanky6321

    @imzanky6321

    Жыл бұрын

    @myles whitley Plenty? Idk what you mean by plenty but to setup a wallet in 2011 to even hold bitcoin was hard and complicated let alone figuring out how to buy bitcoin. Just say you're anti drugs and move on.

  • @harrykammoun9260
    @harrykammoun9260 Жыл бұрын

    His arrest happened when I used to work with his sister in Sydney Australia. I remember her being completely stressed out constantly, I thought it was just her nature but clearly not. Side note - cally when not stressed out was such a legend and a really good person. Funnily enough she had never touched drugs.

  • @rororobertson

    @rororobertson

    Жыл бұрын

    They were from Australia?

  • @nates.4513

    @nates.4513

    Жыл бұрын

    Hmmm maybe I’ll lie on the internet today

  • @lillybloom273

    @lillybloom273

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nates.4513 shut up lol

  • @christianap1558

    @christianap1558

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rororobertson did you watch the cideo

  • @cantcalex

    @cantcalex

    Жыл бұрын

    are you still in contact with her?

  • @beastboy44567
    @beastboy44567Ай бұрын

    I want someone to be able to interview this guy to tell his whole story . Wow super interesting

  • @erikbarrett85
    @erikbarrett857 ай бұрын

    The family being surprised just goes to show you, someone dealing drugs doesn't necessarily need to be outwardly bad. In fact it was fear of arrest and thievery that made him do stupid shit

  • @mikejones9906

    @mikejones9906

    6 ай бұрын

    Of course they were surprised, the guy could've made a ton of money off his education alone but he decided to be an online Kingpin and actually thought he could outsmart every Government agency in the world.

  • @sponish0

    @sponish0

    2 ай бұрын

    lots of rapists and murders family come out saying what good little boys they are, that doesn't mean anything

  • @ivykiarie7105
    @ivykiarie7105 Жыл бұрын

    I truly appreciate the storytelling and detail that's gone into this video. Thank you🇰🇪

  • @TechMedMind

    @TechMedMind

    Жыл бұрын

    My fellow Kenyan🇰🇪

  • @jagslab
    @jagslab Жыл бұрын

    Such an excessive punishment. The fact that it was more than what the prosecution even asked for makes me think that the Feds talked to the judge beforehand or something.

  • @scottdaley1672

    @scottdaley1672

    Жыл бұрын

    It sends a strong message to other people that might think about doing this..

  • @blackcatfan3

    @blackcatfan3

    Жыл бұрын

    Didn’t the Silk Road also sell illegal pornography tho?

  • @MaddoxMelton

    @MaddoxMelton

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blackcatfan3no

  • @harsh4898

    @harsh4898

    11 ай бұрын

    @@scottdaley1672 it really doesn't

  • @scottdaley1672

    @scottdaley1672

    11 ай бұрын

    @@harsh4898 seems to be working so far?

  • @Hagakure670
    @Hagakure6707 ай бұрын

    Ross Ulbricht kind of looks like a mix of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Pattinson 😂

  • @JM3LY
    @JM3LY7 ай бұрын

    the government was only concerned because they weren't getting their cut.

  • @lucasgs4
    @lucasgs4 Жыл бұрын

    and the officers only getting 6 and 8... what a joke.

  • @iggywow

    @iggywow

    Жыл бұрын

    it's funny how they get max 6 years for money laundering and Ross got 20 on the same charge. I don't know the scope of theirs vs ross's but damn

  • @GH-oi2jf

    @GH-oi2jf

    Жыл бұрын

    They were just ordinary criminals. There is no comparison in the scope of their crimes to Ulbricht’s.

  • @snoop3539

    @snoop3539

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GH-oi2jf a crimes? For what? Hosting a web site? Only thing he should've been charged was hits but he wasn't even charged for that.

  • @networth00

    @networth00

    Жыл бұрын

    @@snoop3539 One of the people buying drugs from SR died... stop acting like he was just "hosting a web site". Wiki said his ordering hits was considered in his sentence.

  • @snoop3539

    @snoop3539

    Жыл бұрын

    @@networth00 that logic is beyond me. Did he force people to buy drugs? Many more people gets killed while meeting with a dealer than dying from drug or overdosing.

  • @tbone6958
    @tbone6958 Жыл бұрын

    I am just now seeing this and I thought this was very well made. I know this definitely took tons of research but you made it super interesting. Great job!

  • @deetrixreed8961

    @deetrixreed8961

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, all that research. With such FACTUAL points like "The Netherlands which is a NOTORIOUS place for drugs." You know, nothing but top tier fair and OBJECTIVE reporting. LMFAO you snowflakes are a such a joke! Welcome to Normie-ville, population everyone who thinks this video is "well made."

  • @pellybrains
    @pellybrains7 ай бұрын

    Honestly his case needs to be retried they literally STOLE his laptop w a distraction he needs better defense lawyers this is disgusting 😮he should of got probation if anything

  • @John-nk3ej

    @John-nk3ej

    7 ай бұрын

    The dude is a monster who tried to order hits on innocent people. Rot in prison pos

  • @riptyurass302

    @riptyurass302

    7 ай бұрын

    When you’re under investigation by the FBI it do be like that

  • @sponish0

    @sponish0

    2 ай бұрын

    he sold millions of dollars worth of drugs he was a drug kingpin... you think you're going to get probation for that? lmao you're talking like he sold a bit of weed to his college buddies or something.

  • @Anonymousduck161
    @Anonymousduck1617 ай бұрын

    DEA: how dare he sell more drugs than us! Book him.

  • @kaws3076

    @kaws3076

    7 ай бұрын

    😂😂

  • @jaredh2341
    @jaredh2341 Жыл бұрын

    That judge was pressured to make an example of him no doubt. No surprise the sketchy circumstances of them figuring out silk roads servers as well.

  • @Synoopy2

    @Synoopy2

    Жыл бұрын

    Not sure how you came to that conclusion - but you own it.

  • @SuperOCHomes

    @SuperOCHomes

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​@@Synoopy2 the time doesn't fit the crime.... murder for hire gave them power yet wasn't charged for those crimes. sounds like a means to an end.

  • @Synoopy2

    @Synoopy2

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SuperOCHomes Very posible now that I think about it some more. I am tired of white collar crimes not being prosecuted the same way. But that still dosn't mean there is not something fishy here.

  • @richygambs321

    @richygambs321

    Жыл бұрын

    @Jared H, pressured by whom? She gave a harsher sentence that what prosecutors asked for? Imo life in prison is far too excessive.

  • @juditharsenault2131

    @juditharsenault2131

    Жыл бұрын

    His mother claims he's innocent and was framed.

  • @jeremythevirushuang6303
    @jeremythevirushuang6303 Жыл бұрын

    The time you put in for this story is better than any media like 60 minutes. Bravo! Subscribed. Amazing editing and narrating skills Cindy!

  • @hearmenow909

    @hearmenow909

    Жыл бұрын

    60 minutes is a propaganda channel.

  • @anup7604

    @anup7604

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hearmenow909 that Aussie channel?

  • @rickywhittaker4978
    @rickywhittaker49786 ай бұрын

    That’s messed up. Government was only mad because he made money untaxed money. You don’t charge the owner of a building for drug dealing when drug dealers deal there. He never sold a drug. The point of the website was Freedom and that doesn’t align with the government socialism structure, they slapped him with life x2 as an example 😢

  • @sponish0

    @sponish0

    2 ай бұрын

    if the goverment did't put people in trouble for selling drugs and becoming rich then we'd all be doing it wouldn't we? he made his choice knowing the risk.

  • @TheLankieMidget
    @TheLankieMidget Жыл бұрын

    I feel like this is better than alot of true crime docuseries... I felt so invested, keep it up

  • @Edbashir

    @Edbashir

    Жыл бұрын

    same

  • @tallnoodle4729
    @tallnoodle4729 Жыл бұрын

    This is probably one of your best videos! It was so well-made and the storytelling was top notch

  • @tonybrown9875

    @tonybrown9875

    Жыл бұрын

    The whole thing is a hoax. It's completely fake. Stop following documentaries and "The News," yah schmucks.

  • @seanludeman4940
    @seanludeman49407 ай бұрын

    Robert Pattinson has lived a wild life

  • @mohammedal-ogaidi1411
    @mohammedal-ogaidi14116 ай бұрын

    That letter that the judge wrote was beautiful

  • @TheSonofabiscuit
    @TheSonofabiscuit Жыл бұрын

    I've gone through the deep and dark web a few times. This is nothing compared to finding a stream, with thousands of viewers, as a living cat is tortured to death being drug on the road by a truck.. He was just making alot of money and governments weren't cut in, but the thousands of really really messed up people are still thriving.

  • @tomr6955

    @tomr6955

    Жыл бұрын

    That's messed bro

  • @ankitbhasi7794

    @ankitbhasi7794

    9 ай бұрын

    "just making a lot of money" by the means of crime. His entire business was centered around the sale of drugs, it wasn't just a "web marketplace". And yes, while many do get away with crime on the dark web, this was one of the more destructive forms of it. While he may not have necessarily deserved the life sentence, it was he who pled not guilty and he who chose not to accept plea deals - play stupid games win stupid prizes

  • @froglifes6829

    @froglifes6829

    7 ай бұрын

    fake story

  • @TheSonofabiscuit

    @TheSonofabiscuit

    7 ай бұрын

    @froglifes6829 look it up. They were arrested in Orlando, Florida near Waterford Lakes on East Colonial Drive close to a decade ago after a tire shop owner saw them trying to catch a cat on his property.

  • @CamJames

    @CamJames

    7 ай бұрын

    @@TheSonofabiscuit was scrolling by and this caught me since I'm from the exact area you mentioned. jesus

  • @captndonut
    @captndonut8 ай бұрын

    Comparing him to a drug dealer in the Bronx, then handing him a a double life sentence in the same breath. What an absolute joke.

  • @Exxperiment626

    @Exxperiment626

    6 ай бұрын

    How is he any different from a drug dealer in the Bronx ? Ross got exactly what he deserved. His white privilege card was denied 😂

  • @jn-gmail3140

    @jn-gmail3140

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Exxperiment626how many apartment building owners in the Bronx are getting life sentences for providing parking lots where drug deals go down? This guy wasn’t dealing the drugs, he simply created the space. Additionally, how many drug dealers from the Bronx are serving multiple life sentences for dealing?

  • @theamazingagnostic2819

    @theamazingagnostic2819

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Exxperiment626 That card doesn't exist dummy. Yall are the ones who are privileged. commit 50 felonies yet ur still on the streets.

  • @ashlinthomas4500

    @ashlinthomas4500

    6 ай бұрын

    @@jn-gmail3140 That is the dumbest argument. Apartment building owners in the Bronx aren't building parking lots for the purpose of selling drugs, IT'S SO NORMAL PEOPLE CAN PARK THEIR CARS. This is incomparable to this guy who created the website for the sole purpose of selling drugs anonously online. Not only was he doing it for the money, he was doing it to get glory as well, hoping to get famous and even successors. The guy was also willing to pay thousands to kill people so he could cover his ass. What he's done is way worse then a drug dealer in Bronx as he allowed tens of thousands of drug dealers to do the same on his website.

  • @loganmarks2105

    @loganmarks2105

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Exxperiment626 because he not selling drugs. did you watch the video sure he a bad guy but he not a drug dealer

  • @kc-ku1ri
    @kc-ku1ri7 ай бұрын

    the government went hard on him because they knew he did more for addicts to get safe drugs than the government does. His site allows users to rate dealers so they can be more certain that their drugs aren’t laced, the government criminalized drugs instead of solving the issue and made it more risky for addicts , who are gonna buy drugs anyways, getting laced products and overdosing

  • @user-lt4mt5qi7f
    @user-lt4mt5qi7f6 ай бұрын

    Such an interesting story, it deserves a proper film adaptation.. Such an interesting story, it deserves a proper film adaptation..

  • @TeamCat1128
    @TeamCat1128 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! I hadn’t heard of what happened to him. I think that sentence was such crap. Think of the damage caused by the banks done in 2008 - what sentences did the criminals involved in those crimes serve?

  • @quietlike

    @quietlike

    Жыл бұрын

    Or govts killing of millions or people in wars.

  • @samuraibat1916

    @samuraibat1916

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, since it was largely the fault of the government...none of them were sentenced LOL

  • @bandinamerica3035

    @bandinamerica3035

    Жыл бұрын

    Still in control

  • @ATomRileyA

    @ATomRileyA

    Жыл бұрын

    Their punishment was 0bama giving them $30 trillion to keep on going and doing what they were doing, also remember citygroup bank picked 0bamas cabinet as 0bama was just a puppet for the elites.

  • @MKULTRA_Victim_

    @MKULTRA_Victim_

    Жыл бұрын

    @@samuraibat1916 the banks ARE the government

  • @br9377
    @br9377 Жыл бұрын

    According to Nick Bilton’s book he didn’t stop selling guns because of the controversy but because they were impossible to send in the mail without getting caught.

  • @nurimagen314

    @nurimagen314

    Жыл бұрын

    by controversy I think she meant more that it was a lot more complicated and attracted attention, rather than it being morally wrong. as a hardcore libreterian he was probably very pro-gun

  • @farhanatashiga3721

    @farhanatashiga3721

    Жыл бұрын

    @xan kon what's funny is that he became so consumed by it that he oh so easily got played by extortionists, we know of two (the one explained here and another murder for hire case covered by barely sociable) and who's to say there aren't many more considering how blinded he was by his own view of the "greater good" by the end of his career.

  • @BallfieldBoxing

    @BallfieldBoxing

    Жыл бұрын

    I figured getting caught was the “controversy” he wanted to avoid.

  • @LandersWorkshop

    @LandersWorkshop

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought they had a dead-drop system for local sales? But yeah I guess he wanted to try and mitigate what he thought would be government surveillance?

  • @rfrakctured

    @rfrakctured

    Жыл бұрын

    @@farhanatashiga3721 Read your own comment back, but substitute every use of the word "he/his" with "The CIA / their", and you have a much more accurate statement.

  • @TrapSquadOfficials
    @TrapSquadOfficials6 ай бұрын

    bro i thought that was Nikocado Avocado in the thumbnail 🫤

  • @Nako3
    @Nako37 ай бұрын

    Thats really impressive!

  • @steviejrr
    @steviejrr Жыл бұрын

    She missed out a lot of details about Ulbrich getting scammed 7000 Bitcoin by a single guy acting as multiple people on the site. The story links into the kill for hire that he didn't end up getting charged for, it is an insane story. Anyone interested the video is called ''The Dark Side of Silk Road''.

  • @cosmicjenny4508

    @cosmicjenny4508

    Жыл бұрын

    lmaooo that name. The "dark side" of Silk Road is kinda like the "dark side" of being mauled by a bear.

  • @dathunderman4

    @dathunderman4

    Жыл бұрын

    Crazy how that would be about $140,000,000+ right now

  • @BMR86
    @BMR86 Жыл бұрын

    Lately I've been into videos like this and YT pushed this on to me, I watched and I'm amazed! Incredible work you did, can't wait to watch more!

  • @thedislikebutton1907
    @thedislikebutton19077 ай бұрын

    Nice video CP.

  • @evanbrill6139
    @evanbrill61397 ай бұрын

    I SAW THIS DUDE AT A CAFE NEAR MY HOUSE WHEN I WAS YOUNG!!! i remember thinking how weird it was that there was someone besides an old rich white woman in that cafe, and then noticing that the dude was crazy stressed and damn near standing up while sitting his body was so tense. i remember thinking "haha, that guys probably up to something illegal" if only i knew hahaha

  • @jonathanbooth6669

    @jonathanbooth6669

    7 ай бұрын

    Cap bruh

  • @micski10

    @micski10

    7 ай бұрын

    😂

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