![]() ![]() The items were presumably used to grow the psychedelic mushrooms Ulbricht used to launch the site. For example, Amazon receipts for a humidifier and a HEPA filter found in Ulbricht's email matched items found in spreadsheet of costs related to Silk Road found on Ulbricht's computer. Other evidence found in Ulbricht's email reflected information that was also discussed in journals and chats found on his laptop. The prosecution also submitted selfies Ulbricht took and sent through the email to demonstrate that it was, in fact, his account. The prosecution also submitted selfies Ulbricht took sent through his emailĪlford's testimony outlined other privacy missteps Ulbricht made while launching the internet black market, including discussing the site using on-the-record Gchats. Ulbricht was arrested in a San Francisco library on October 1st, less than a month later.Īfter Ulbricht's arrest, Alford obtained a search warrant for the email address On the account, he found multiple emails mirroring the posts and dates found on the forums, including a notification from Bitcointalk that one of the posts had been flagged for removal since it was promoting another site and therefore classified as spam and other messages addressed to "altoid." However, it does contradict the defense's argument that Ulbricht gave up the site after "a few months" and exposes countless sloppy mistakes he made while creating and maintaining the site that would later lead to his downfall.Īs Der-Yeghiayan testified earlier in the case, Alford introduced Ulbricht as a potential suspect around September 10th, 2013. Ulbricht's lawyer Joshua Dratel conceded the first day of the trial that Ulbricht did create the website, but maintains he later passed it off to others and was set up to take the fall. While the connections laid out in court today between Ulbricht and Silk Road are far-reaching, they do not necessarily conflict with his defense. Alford also showed another post advertising Silk Road on, a forum about psychedelic mushrooms, that had been made under a username registered with Ross Ulbricht's email. ![]()
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