![]() Julia Vie: Ross and I actually met at a African drumming class. It would take multiple law enforcement agencies more than two years of following dead ends and false leads to unmask Dread Pirate Roberts as 29-year-old Ross Ulbricht. ![]() Cyber Branch: As a method to throw off law enforcement you had that smokescreen of saying, hey, Dread Pirate Roberts may be one person, maybe 10 peopleā¦. Vincent D'Agostino | Former Special Agent, FBI N.Y. Milan Patel: And it was a good way to sort of signal that you would never know who he is. THE PRINCESS BRIDE: I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts. District Court for the Southern District of New York Cyber Branch: I think he had a fascination with the cult classic, "The Princess Bride." Like many of us who grew up in the '80s. Milan Patel | Former Special Agent, FBI N.Y. When FBI agents got the case, they only knew the site was run by someone using the alias "Dread Pirate Roberts," a famous movie character. I was the assistant special agent in charge of the cyber branch in the FBI's New York office. ![]()
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