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Computer Programmer Pleads Guilty to Lying about Silk Road Involvement
    #27029345 - 11/08/20 10:40 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

A computer programmer pleaded guilty to making false statements about his involvement with the Silk Road underground web marketplace.


On Setpember 21, Michael R. Weigand (also known as “Shabang”) surrendered himself and told U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III that he had lied to federal investigators about his work with Silk Road.

Weigand clarified that he had worked with Roger Thomas Clark, the mentor of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, by helping to identify vulnerabilities in the dark web marketplace’s site. He said that he had also provided technological advice to both Ulbricht and Clark.

Thailand law enforcement officials arrested Clark in December 2015—just months after the U.S. district court for the southern district of New York sentenced Ulbricht to life in prison.

In January 2019, Weigand lied to federal investigators by saying he had never opened an account on Silk Road, he had never used the pseudonym “Shabang” online and he had never transferred bitcoin to Silk Road, among making other falsehoods.

His admission carried a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. stated that Weigand and his Silk Road associates thought that law enforcement would never catch up to them. As quoted in a statement released by the U.S. Department of Justice:

Weigand and others used their skills and savvy to create a secret online enclave for criminals to trade in illegal drugs and illicit goods and services. They thought they were smart enough to evade law enforcement, but they were wrong. When Weigand was confronted, he lied about his involvement – once again thinking we weren’t smart enough to catch him. With today’s plea, he’ll have time to contemplate the truth as he awaits his sentence.



Computer Programmer Pleads Guilty to Lying about Silk Road Involvement


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Re: Computer Programmer Pleads Guilty to Lying about Silk Road Involvement [Re: Kman1898]
    #27029798 - 11/09/20 08:46 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

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When Weigand was confronted, he lied about his involvement – once again thinking we weren’t smart enough to catch him.




Oh, so using a corrupt system that's destined to fail to legally attack someone so you can get paid and go buy your happiness/dopamine is smart now? Surely thought there was a better way to live than that.

People say animals aren't as "smart" as humans, but clearly they don't need to be. They can comprehend love/emotions better than a lot of people, and they do think deeply. Also, spaying/neutering your pet causes them to experience a level of depression so low that they were never meant to experience, that they will sleep for days and not eat. When you spay or neuter, they go from happy and loving you, to absolutely devastated, and it's not funny. It's sad and fucked up, and Google should be ashamed as fuck for downplaying the severity of spaying/neutering pets like it's no big deal. They feel emotions stronger than humans, and for a person to be oblivious to their pet's feelings is a good sign that that person is controlled by money, and is a sociopath and isn't even aware of it.


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Edited by thirtygoats (11/09/20 09:02 AM)

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Re: Computer Programmer Pleads Guilty to Lying about Silk Road Involvement [Re: thirtygoats] * 1
    #27029822 - 11/09/20 09:04 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

That's a very weird tangent to go on here, but let me ask, are strays not sad and fucked up? How about cancer?

There's not really any evidence that pets suffer any lasting depression tied to loss of sex hormones(which happens over time) after spaying/neutering. Any change in behavior you witness immediately after such a procedure assuredly has more to do with the stress of going to the vet and being operated on or drugs left in their system after the procedure than the actual loss of their gonads. You often see similar behavior after taking one to get their shots, are they "devastated" from being protected from parasites and pathogens? A pet being more calm after castration is hardly evidence that they are at the bottom of a pit of despair.

After having/witnessing dozens of pets spayed/neutered I have never once seen anything so severe as your description and any negative change in behavior that has been seen was always short lived. There are reasons we should explore alternatives to permanent castration, but the affect on a pets psyche is not a major one and is far outweighed by the benefits.

This leaves me wondering how many of your own pets you have had castrated and that if you have actually witnessed what you describe with any consistency makes me think it has more to do with you than it dose with them.

Edited by Holybullshit (11/09/20 10:10 AM)

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Re: Computer Programmer Pleads Guilty to Lying about Silk Road Involvement [Re: Holybullshit]
    #27030147 - 11/09/20 12:26 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

(I told the breeder not to perform any elective or cosmetic surgeries.)

Socially speaking, we are subsidized at whichever living standard, without consideration, yet have adopted the principle of Marxian crises.

The suspect will be sentenced via an algo.

Should we expect the outcome to be balanced, in the mathematical sense?

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Re: Computer Programmer Pleads Guilty to Lying about Silk Road Involvement [Re: thirtygoats]
    #27030639 - 11/09/20 06:46 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

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