SSBD, Silk Road Forum Moderator, Pleads Guilty in U.S.


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[61 Points] None:

Life in prison? He is getting A LIFE SENTENCE?!

Nash, a former senior manager at a support service for adults with mental disabilities, said he became involved with Silk Road in 2013, initially to buy drugs and for "social connections."

This man who set out to help others is getting a life sentence for buying drugs. If you take a step back and analyse that sentence, it really emphasises how fucking stupid the war on drugs is. Obviously, not all of the drugs he bought were for himself but regardless - a life sentence?!

I'm going to donate £20 to the SSBD fund now. Best wishes.


[12 Points] GRIMAMIN:

Gary Davis (LIBERTAS) posted a comment from his fb under the usa article regarding the SSBD trial hearing.

SOURCE: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/03/13/silk-road-suspect-pleads-guilty/70273074/

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Gary Davis Please advise Mr. Serrin Turner that I am not "in custody in Ireland, awaiting extradition to the U.S. for prosecution".

The United States government has not yet managed to make Ireland the 51st state, though it seems Mr. Turner believes otherwise.

That a known, material fact such as the actual legal status of one of the defendants named in the U.S. indictment is either being misrepresented or is seemingly entirely unknown to the prosecuting Assistant United States Attorney surely calls into question the legitimacy or strength of certain other material facts being presented to him to fight his case.


[8 Points] None:

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[7 Points] MeinKampfyChair:

He's not even a goddamn American and they have him in a US Federal court facing life, fucked up on so many different levels. His home country should be ashamed. I really hate America sometimes.


[5 Points] A1qw2:

FUCKING FUCK, AMERICA. i'm really happy our tax dollars are being used to put away the hardened criminals behind online forums for the rest of their lives, i can't think of a better use. honestly makes me feel sick.


[5 Points] None:

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[4 Points] Gratefulstickers:

This guy is getting screwed so hard. He really is seemingly genuinely and totally screwed.


[2 Points] IGetDankShit:

Text from article:

(Reuters) - An Australian man pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges stemming from his role as a staff member of Silk Road, an underground website where people bought drugs and other illicit goods using bitcoin digital currency.

Peter Nash, 42, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to commit narcotics trafficking and money laundering, a month after a U.S. jury convicted the suspected mastermind behind Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht.

Nash, a former senior manager at a support service for adults with mental disabilities, said he became involved with Silk Road in 2013, initially to buy drugs and for "social connections."

Nash said he never knew the real identity of Silk Road's operator, who he said asked him to moderate its chat forum. For 10 months of work, Nash said he earned as much as $30,000, which he used to buy drugs.

"I deeply regret my conduct and any consequent harm I caused," he said.

Nash faces life in prison when U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa sentences him on May 26.

Silk Road operated from at least January 2011 until October 2013, when authorities seized the website and arrested Ulbricht at a public library in San Francisco.

The website relied on the so-called Tor network, which lets users communicate anonymously. It accepted payment through bitcoins, which according to prosecutors allowed users to conceal their identities and locations.

By the time it was shut down, Silk Road had generated around $200 million in sales, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said Ulbricht, the website's admitted creator, operated Silk Road under the alias "Dread Pirate Roberts."

Ulbricht, 30, was found guilty in February of charges including conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking. His lawyer has promised an appeal.

Two months after Ulbricht's arrest, prosecutors in December 2013 announced charges against Nash and two other alleged Silk Road staff members, Andrew Jones and Gary Davis.

Nash said at the time of his arrest in Australia that he was about to go to Europe to propose to his fiance, then a doctoral student. He has been incarcerated ever since.

Jones, a former Silk Road site administrator, previously pleaded guilty in October and agreed to cooperate with authorities. He had been slated as a possible witness at Ulbricht's trial, though he ultimately was not called.

Davis, another alleged administrator, is pending extradition in Ireland.

The case is U.S. v. Jones, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No, 13-cr-950.

(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Dan Grebler)


[2 Points] None:

America is fucking backwards. 20 years for rape but run a forum as a mod = life. Shame on the USA. Communist country draped in the cloak of freedom.


[2 Points] ispynlie:

For 10 months of work, Nash said he earned as much as $30,000, which he used to buy drugs.

dat narrative


[1 Points] pinkprincess1:

A LIFE SENTANCE? HE CAN GET A LIFE SENTANCE?

I'm going to let that sink in for a moment.

A FUCKING LIFE SENTANCE?

For being a mod on a darknet forum? What the actual fuck.


[2 Points] presari0:

I have zero religion in my bones, but im saying a silent prayer that they go easy on him. For fucks sake he was a mod on a forum -this is sickening that he faces life in prison. He hurt no one. Go on the morbidreality sub and read about pedophiles getting 20 years for fucking babies or moms that murder their children and do a small fraction of the time he faces. Sickened, absolutely fucking gross.


[1 Points] iGetSpankShit:

Life in prison....? What the actual FUCK

I dont even feel like using the DNMs again this is just sad


[1 Points] DNMd:

What the fuck this is so sad. Wish we could fucking do something but we'll just have to see what happens