{"id":"dread-pirate-roberts","name":"Dread Pirate Roberts","summary":"Dread Pirate Roberts was the pseudonym used by Ross William Ulbricht, the founder and operator of the dark web marketplace Silk Road[1]. The alias, borrowed from the 1987 film The Princess Bride, became widely known after the FBI arrested Ulbricht in October 2013 and shut the site down[2]. He was later convicted on all seven charges, including narcotics distribution, money laundering, and computer hacking[8].","tags":["dread pirate roberts","ross ulbricht","silk road","dark web","bitcoin","fbi silk road","dpr","tor marketplace"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":3,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/dread-pirate-roberts/dread-pirate-roberts-silk-road-fbi-seizure-notice.webp","caption":"The federal seizure notice that replaced the Silk Road marketplace after the FBI shut down the site and arrested Ross Ulbricht in October 2013.","width":610,"height":413,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/dread-pirate-roberts/dread-pirate-roberts-dpr-bitcoin-transaction-diagram.webp","caption":"A blockchain analysis diagram from a research paper tracing 1,000 BTC transfers back to an early Bitcoin miner, ultimately ending in an address linked to Dread Pirate Roberts.","width":569,"height":501,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/dread-pirate-roberts/dread-pirate-roberts-ross-ulbricht-courtroom-sketch.webp","caption":"A courtroom sketch of Ross Ulbricht, aka Dread Pirate Roberts, appearing before a judge during his federal trial in New York.","width":680,"height":466,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/dread-pirate-roberts/history.md","related":["marcel-hesses-darknet-murder-confession","the-interrogation-of-stephen-mcdaniel","grand-theft-auto","killdozer","law-and-order","lindsay-clancy-trial","reservoir-dogs","revenge-porn","swatting-swatted","the-sopranos","8800-blue-lick-road","charles-manson"],"popularityRank":1808,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}