Has anyone else heard of Variety Jones?

I just read an old wired article about the Silk Road and Ross Ulbricht, and it was mentioned that Jones and Ulbricht spoke about breaking him out of prison, should the time come (in a helicopter at that). So basically I'm wondering if anyone else has heard of Jones? Or if anyone else believes someone will save Ross from prison?

Source: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/ross-ulbricht-didnt-create-silk-roads-dread-pirate-roberts-guy/


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[30 Points] samwhiskey:

Dude, of course we've heard of him.


[16 Points] pauljennis-:

VJ is in prison in Thailand, to be extradited to the US. He was Ulbricht's right-hand man and mentor and was involved in the online drugs scene since the late 90s, roughly (seed business). He's a complicated character, for sure.


[11 Points] AlpraCream:

Check out the book American Kingpin, it has a lot of info on Variety Jones. There is an audio version of it too.

http://www.americankingpin.com/


[8 Points] PinkKittySchmuffikin:

The real question is had anyone heard FROM variety jones lol. Last I heard he got captured by the US in Thailand and since than it's been radio silence. He was suppose to be house in DOC Brooklyn with his good bud Ross. I can't find him in the inmate locater though I been trying like 1 time a month for awhile. It's pretty strange if you ask me I think something else is going down. He knew a lot of secrets.


[4 Points] TheLastCig:

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgajmv/these-are-the-two-forgotten-architects-of-the-silk-road

By cross-referencing transactions detailed in Variety Jones's Bitcoin wallet with these two leaks, it is revealed that a large number of payments made to "Chgr" and "smed" eventually arrive in a Mt. Gox account registered in the name "Mike Wattier." An email in the Variety Jones account is also forwarded to an address with the name "mwattier."

On multiple social media and freelance developer sites, a Mike Wattier connected to the same email address found in the Variety Jones account identifies himself as an American with 20 years of open source ecommerce experience who is adept with a wide variety of programming languages.

The same Wattier also appears to have a presence on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Github. Judging by his Facebook activity, he was in Pattaya, Thailand, as of March 2015. Some of his profiles list him as living on the Thai island of Koh Chang.

Otherwise known as Elephant Island, the remote Koh Chang is covered in jungles, boasts a lively party scene, and in recent years has seen a steady rise of foreign visitors and expats. Many places on the island turn their electricity off at night.


[3 Points] BallzyTheWhacker:

I remember him and Gypsy well.


[1 Points] None:

Here is the last we heard from him. My understanding is he is in New York where Ross was held.

https://myplanetganja.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11022&hilit=registered+plural


[1 Points] happyhour1111:

Are you sure it's not motherfucker jones?