CALIGIRL PLEADED GUILTY

Source: http://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=&s=FL&d=71570

ate: 08-26-2014

Case Style: United States of America v. Matthew Jones, a/k/a "Caligirl," "Dynamite2k," "Dynamite`," "Tyler Zeddai," "Mateo Jones"

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Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Orange County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: David Haas

Defendant's Attorney:

Description: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Matthew Jones, a/k/a "Caligirl," "Dynamite2k," "Dynamite`," "Tyler Zeddai," "Mateo Jones" (44, Dallas, Texas) pleaded guilty to the illegal distribution of controlled substances. Jones faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

According to the plea agreement and court documents, while Jones was working as the Chief Technology Officer for a software consulting company in Dallas, he operated as the vendor "Caligirl" on the Silk Road drug marketplace. Between April 10, 2013 and September 9, 2013, Caligirl's Silk Road account completed 685 finalized sales of controlled substances. Between July 11, 2013 and March 20, 2014, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents purchased and seized more than 400 Oxycodone tablets and more than 900 Hydrocodone tablets from Jones. Jones shipped the controlled substances from Texas to Central Florida.

When Jones was arrested, travelling back to the United States from Colombia, he was in possession of approximately 8,500 Oxycodone pills. The pills were concealed in vitamin bottles in his luggage. Simultaneous with his arrest, a federal search warrant was executed at Jones' Texas residence. At his residence, agents recovered approximately $75,000 in cash, and seized a variety of controlled substances, including but not limited to Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, MDMA, methamphetamine, cocaine, and hashish. A drug lab was also located in the residence. In addition to operating on Silk Road, Jones conducted his illicit drug trafficking business utilizing an encrypted and anonymized peer-to-peer program.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration's Orlando District Office, with assistance from the United States Postal Inspection Service in Dallas, Texas. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Haas.

Outcome: See above


Comments


[3 Points] hdheuud:

I remember reading something in, I think it was a thread about caligirl, there's three rules you have to make before playing any game. What were they? (How long you're gonna play, when you're gonna stop maybe? Idk I can remember. Someone link me please


[3 Points] None:

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[3 Points] Brahkolee:

Wow. I mean... wow.

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents purchased and seized more than 400 Oxycodone tablets and more than 900 Hydrocodone tablets

That's, what, ten thousand dollars? So you mean to tell me that the DEA absolutely had to purchase $10k worth of drugs in order to catch this "Caligirl" person? I don't want to fuel the "end-the-war-on-drugz" circlejerk, but... I mean, c'mon. 1300+ pills.


[2 Points] None:

A mild chunk of cash


[2 Points] pugetF:

http://www.justice.gov/usao/flm/press/2014/May/20140530_Jones_Complaint.pdf

Don't buy stamps from machines, kids.


[1 Points] tvgn9545:

Here's a life protip for the DNM business. If you are running a very profitable operation on the DNMs, in which much of your product comes from Columbia, don't get busted for being your own mule. Plenty of people down there would do it for the price of a plane ticket to get to America, plus a little spending money. If you hire a mule, that person doesn't know your name, or where the fuck you're from. And if they get caught, authorities will know they are just a mule, and probably let them off easy if they pay a bribe with the spending money you gave them.

Along those lines, I'm thinking it would be cool to build an autonomous boat to run stuff from Mexico to Calif. (even though I don't have two nickles to rub together.) Autonomous means robotic, you start it up and it can go 500-1000 miles all by itself. Although, working from Tijuana would be a good base of operations, so you wouldn't need such a long range. And with the proper sensors installed, if it was intercepted at sea, it would be programmed to self-destruct. During the daytime, it can take on ballast to run very low in the water to avoid detection. You could have it head out 300 miles to international waters before turning north. It might take a long time to get to you, but if you are launching 1/week, when the pipeline starts flowing, you've got one shipment every week. And with just a small boat, maybe 15 feet, (I haven't done the fuel calculation) could ship 50 kilos of cocaine at a time. You might want to take the boat out 50-100 miles to pick up your shipment, then sink the delivery boat. I'd put a 50hp engine on it and make the craft watertight and basically unsinkable. I'd use radar absorbing paint, too. All in all, neither the DEA or the coast guard would be looking for these boats, and even if they were, they'd be hard to find. Even if it was found intact, it's not going to have any identifying information leading to you or anybody else.

I spent 25 years working on infra-red targeting systems, high-altitude surveillance, border detection, motion detection, multi-sensor fusion, Artificial Intelligence, spy cameras, unmanned air and ground vehicles, guidance and control, etc. But one day, the aerospace industry decided I was no longer useful, and got rid of me, and wouldn't let me back in. I was financially ruined, and lost everything I ever owned, then my car got stolen. Probably use encrypted sms technology for communnication (there is talk of cell phone coverage over most of the ocean soon, but 15 miles is good enough, and communications is not my expertise.) And this project would not be expensive. An Arduino autopilot system for boats is about $500 for everything. If anybody would have a use for such an autonomous watercraft, pm me. It would be fun to build a prototype. And I've got nothing but time on my hands, and revenge in my heart. And what you're reading right now is the most thought I've put into this because I don't have any money.