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In his pre-trial, Ross denied ownership[1] of the server that the coins were found on (for obvious reasons - the server also ran the Silk Road). Since no one cl
by kevinnk 10y ago
In his pre-trial, Ross denied ownership[1] of the server that the coins were found on (for obvious reasons - the server also ran the Silk Road). Since no one claimed ownership, the FBI was free to auction them.
[1] This actually turned out to be a major blunder on the part of the defense. See http://www.wired.com/2014/10/silk-road-judge-technicality/ http://www.wired.com/2014/10/silk-road-judge-technicality/
- jessaustin 10y agoEh, do we all really believe the judge on that one? Sure, if he had claimed ownership, then the unreasonable search objection wouldn't have fallen on that point. Except, she eventually would have found some other reason why all FBI activities constituted "reasonable" search. Conviction rate in federal court is over 90%, and for many of those cases only the prosecutor assigned even gives a shit. Everybody in the federal system, FBI, prosecutors, judges, etc. wanted this guy's head on their wall, so no legal argument was going to keep him out of FPMITAP. Ross was fucked from the moment the beast knew his name. For future projects like Silk Road, a basic part of the security plan will be to set up Ross look-alikes to take the fall, because USA-Justice is not something you can just design around. Once the beast has a scent, it will be fed, by someone.