• _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 hours ago

    Don’t forget, he was caught because he posted his email in a public forum while advertising the Silk Road. That email address contained his real name.

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      2 hours ago

      lol I totally forgot about that. He should be used as evidence that meritocracy isn’t real.

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        1 hour ago

        Honestly, the only reason he’s famous at all is because the Silk Road was used to drum up shock by the media, so the government used him as an example to those who would make them look bad. Otherwise, he would have faded into obscurity like every other idiot criminal who stumbled into short term riches.