Julia Vie: A lotta times I was just angry at him because I wanted to go out, I wanted to have fun, and he was like, "Julia, that's a waste of time."
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Ross followed an unconventional path, creating a free market website, where users could avoid government scrutiny. Julia soon joined him.īoth were trying to launch their careers. In the summer of 2009, after getting his master's degree, Ross moved home to Austin. … We were always hanging out we were always doing these amazing things together. Julia Vie: When Ross and I really started to get to know each other, it was intense. He was a grad student in materials science and engineering. In 2008, Julia Vie met Ross Ulbricht at Penn State and began dating. And then once I started talking to him more… that's when I started really liking him Julia Vie and Ross Ulbricht And when we first met, I was totally not into him.I just didn't really see him for him. Julia Vie: Ross and I actually met at a African drumming class. It would take multiple law enforcement agencies more than two years of following dead ends and false leads to unmask Dread Pirate Roberts as 29-year-old Ross Ulbricht. Cyber Branch: As a method to throw off law enforcement you had that smokescreen of saying, hey, Dread Pirate Roberts may be one person, maybe 10 people…. Vincent D'Agostino | Former Special Agent, FBI N.Y. Milan Patel: And it was a good way to sort of signal that you would never know who he is. THE PRINCESS BRIDE: I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts. District Court for the Southern District of New York Cyber Branch: I think he had a fascination with the cult classic, "The Princess Bride." Like many of us who grew up in the '80s. Milan Patel | Former Special Agent, FBI N.Y.
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When FBI agents got the case, they only knew the site was run by someone using the alias "Dread Pirate Roberts," a famous movie character. I was the assistant special agent in charge of the cyber branch in the FBI's New York office. Silk Road, accessed anonymously by users on the dark web, brought in approximately $1 billion in sales, according to investigators, with Ulbricht making millions by taking a cut of each transaction.Īustin Berglas: I'm Austin Berglas. The site was run by an individual known only as the Dread Pirate Roberts, named after a character from the classic film "The Princess Bride." An elite FBI cyber taskforce worked to infiltrate the site and identify its founder: Ross Ulbricht, a 29-year-old computer science engineer. In 2011, the FBI became aware of an online black-market website, Silk Road, where users could buy and sell goods, including illegal drugs and weapons - even murders for hire were discussed. Produced by Caroline Sommers and Emily Bernstein Through never-before-seen footage and in-depth interviews, "The FBI Declassified" takes you inside the minds of heroic federal agents and analysts as they reveal how they solved some of the biggest cases of their careers. The FBI Declassified: Dangerous Journey on the Silk Road 43:25
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