Case 76: Silk Road (Part 2/3) (Patreon)

As The Silk Road continued to expand, problems started piling up for Ross Ulbricht, AKA The Dread Pirate Roberts. With business booming and concerns that law enforcement were lurking on the site, Ulbricht created an emergency ‘To Do List’ in case he ever came under real danger of getting caught. It read: ‘Encrypt and backup important files on laptop to memory stick; destroy laptop’s hard drive and hide/dispose; destroy phone and hide/dispose; find place to live on Craigslist for cash and create new identity.’

Team:

Anonymous Host - narration, research

Vicky Dieffenbacher - research, writing

Mike Migas - production, scoring

Andrew Joslyn - additional scoring