DEA

manic_schoolbus

Bah gawd, that's DEA's music! And he's got a steel chair!

vuekm

Yeah, right; the government which (against public warning) published the entirety of the fabricated case file against an arrested Mexican general exposing the DEA's ill-intented practices and overall corruption to the world. The government which later limited and regulated the duties of DEA agents in Mexican soil. The government which invited Biden to its Indepedence Day military parade while also inviting the Cuban president as its honor guest. The government which has repeatedly criticized the American embargo against Cuba and has recently proposed the complete overhaul of the OAS system or its complete replacement with a non US-controlled integration system. The government which has openly criticized the scandalous operation "Fast and Furious" of the past and recently filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts against American gun manufacturers. Yeah, that government surely is awaiting some sort of American "go ahead". Here, educate yourself: https://np.reddit.com/r/mexico4T/comments/ix8jur/the\_other\_opinion\_you\_beloved\_foreign\_redditor/

strCdo

Yeah, right; the government which (against US interest and public warning) published the entirety of the fabricated case file against an arrested Mexican general **exposing the DEA's ill-intented practices and overall corruption to the world.** The government which later limited and regulated the duties of DEA agents in Mexican soil. The government which invited Biden to its Indepedence Day military parade **while also inviting the Cuban president as its honor guest.** The government which has repeatedly criticized the American embargo against Cuba and has recently proposed the complete overhaul of the OAS system **or its complete replacement with a non US-controlled integration system**. The government which has openly criticized the scandalous operation "Fast and Furious" of the past **and recently filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts agains American gun manufacturers...** Yeah, that government surely is awaiting some sort of American "go ahead".

turbosigma

This is like complaining that your bank reported to the DEA that you sent money to a druglord. Is the bank at fault? Or… you??

vanman33

Exactly. For all these people talk about shibtards not understanding market cap they don’t either. Not saying it is likely, but if demand goes way up and all the holders refuse to sell MC can run to astronomical levels without necessarily injecting that much fiat. If everyone who owns crypto collectively decided to sell tomorrow it wouldn’t be worth anywhere close to 2.3T. MC can be very misleading when you assume it is actually a measure of how much it would all be worth if it got sold right now. The 180 BTC that the DEA kindly holding for me after SR went down is technically contributing 10MM to BTC MC but it can’t be touched.

Mystic_Hodler

DEA: what do we have on Theodor Plugg?

icofreak

So either IRS, DEA or CIA, but some alphabet trying to find the honey holes…nice try guys

crua9

Well don't tell the DEA because today I'm a hopeium dealer :P

digihippie

Newsflash, the DEA has no plans to write traffic tickets in Russia.

milky-white-horse

Don’t tell that to the DEA

Set1Less

This story is the stuff of bullshit. The country's premier narcotic department (similar to the DEA) raided a party on a cruise ship, and came away with 5 grams of hash, 11 ecstacy pills etc. Literally going after party goers ... And the entire right wing hate mongers are celebrating this, just because the main guy who was caught is the son of a very popular Muslim actor. The right wing hate mongers really love to sling mud on any Muslim and this is yet another chance they have seized Its so much bullshit that country's resources are being used to vilify a 23 year old with 5 grams of hash, something that is legal in many countries. And 11 xtacy pills. Lmao. [Meanwhile just a week ago, 3000 KG of heroin](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/sachin-pilot-demands-judicial-probe-in-3000-kg-heroin-seizure-in-gujarat-7552552/) was found in a port of a prominent businessman who funds the far right BJP government.. and the entire right wing media is silent on this. OP can you explain if the 3000 KG was also bought using crypto? Or was it bought with dirty banks or fiat notes

Kingofcryo

"Thank you for contacting XYZCOIN customer service. Press 1 if you have been overpaid or erroneously gifted millions of dollars. Press 2 if you would prefer to hang up immediately and begin acting like this never happened. You know, wait a while and see what happens before making a snap decision that could change your life in one direction or the other. I mean, crypto isn't legitimate money. It's just computer points or something, right? Press 3 to ruin your entire life by contacting the media and bragging before immediately being investigated by the SEC, FBI, DEA, Treasury, The Secret Service, IRS, InterPol, The Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, plus about 25,000 other groups and individuals who are plotting ways to get your ill gotten booty.

themarketliberal

State nullification is legit. Consider the following example: Marijuana is federally illegal and the DEA has it scheduled as class 2. Look how many states have nullified the Feds and told them to pound sand.

-xmr-

>"Someone somewhere will *always* be willing to take your block." Theoretically, sure. However, if I am a big mining center and I have hundreds of millions of dollars worth of hardware, legal fees, and a very restrictive financial agency that is up my ass and I have an easy to use feed where I can on-the-fly compare TXOs to a list of "Bad" addresses from Chainalysis, or APIs that are downstream of the IRS, the DEA, the FBI, and/or other large financial interests: do I want to risk scrutiny from financial agencies? Could I get audited? Am I responsible for servicing the payment of criminals? You can **hope** that the game theoreticals work out in the ways you anticipate, but why not go ahead and address this technological capability as a short coming?

Thug_shinji

The DEA doesn't have the time or resources to fuck with you. Plus statute of limitations I wouldn't sweat it.

wkw3

Nice try, DEA.

Apprehensive-Page-33

Believe it or not things are getting better. The USA forced much of the world to accept the war on drugs and DEA inside sovereign nations. That war failed so miserably and exposed the true motive which was probably cover for the CIA and DEA. The effects of this failure are massive. Thankfully US control is waning as is their reputation globally. Slowly but surely the wounds caused by the war are healing. Sovereign nations are resisting US "help" and charting their own course based on their own self interest. This is a good thing. I know that El Salvador will continue to evolve and struggle to reach the collective goals they share. As an outsider my opinion is based on my self interest. I have no dog in the political fight there, nor family. If I go it would be to smoke weed on the beach since I cannot drink alcohol due to liver issues. I spoke out of frustration and anger for all the wasted lives in a cage for a plant. My bad.

nepbug

So, Coinbase has sold licenses to the DEA, IRS, and now ICE. Geez, you'd think the government wouldn't need to buy the same thing 3 times.

ughhhtimeyeah

I think the DEA has a monopoly on that one

Glittering-Duty-4069

That's exactly what a DEA agent would say...

cinnamintdown

I mean that DEA agent (or was it FBI agent) who was trying to get at it for years and was 'willing to move heaven and earth' to get it might have finally won

Fisterupper

Ah yes, the old Nazi guard defense. DEA cops that know the drug war is a sham say the same. "Just doing my job."

FreedomFromIgnorance

Silk Road had a reputation for having extremely high quality drugs. Fuck the DEA.

Acceptable_Novel8200

Yes,I know man No need to worry,I m not from DEA 😂😂

ExcessiveApoptosis

Most worthless government agency behind the DEA, and only by a bit.

socalquest

>0x621B12ba5fe27DEA59E2fFE8Ab2A9C1D5D265Dce You must be a very hungry and desperate man from Brazil. Didn't your momma ever told you to go out and earn an honest living?! GLTA!!!

Emotional-Fly5578

Send some ETH to this wallet to prove it: 0x621B12ba5fe27DEA59E2fFE8Ab2A9C1D5D265Dce

The_Probes

"Lawyers for El Chapo, after finding out that a secretary working for the DEA had once received a conviction for cocaine possession, immediately petitioned the judge for dismissal of the case." I dunno, it seems like a stunt to me. What employees in the SEC do in their private time seems completely divorced from the legal judgements of the case.

Mindless_Decision_33

I forgot to post my wallet address lol: 0x063288Ad655938E2C2f783D2cDB60d38DEA50c14

Apprehensive-Bus1610

Headline; Man Purchases $10,000 of Marijuana Across State Lines with Cryptocurreny Thinking He Was Anonymous ATF and DEA Were Waiting For Him at Local P.O. Box

rwbaumg

Here's the thing; AFAIK everything done under FDR could be (and was) done without ending the gold standard. It could/should have been a "pause" at most and public gold ownership allowed again (with the gov. selling reserves back to the public) as soon as the economy was stabilized. FDR also upped the exchange rate to $35/oz. to maximize the ability to inflate the money supply using the gold & certificates they took in (almost $1B worth in 1934 dollars) so they definitely squeezed it for all the juice they could get. By Nixon's term there was no juice left though, and he had "ambitions" to fund. The whole point of FDR's actions were to inflate the money supply and plow new dollars into the economy, but at that point the gov still had to back those dollars with gold, whether or not citizens could hold the metal themselves. So it did put a cap on inflation. Without Nixon we could have maintained a currency that was backed by gold (... hell, backed by *anything*) but then he wouldn't have been able to spend like he needed to in order to fulfill his policy ambitions, because the money wasn't there for bullshit like the DEA. They had to pull it out their asses. Granted I'm not an economist and I might be wrong here (in which case I'm sure someone will correct me) but I've never viewed FDR as being the beginning of the end for the gold standard - to the contrary, it appears to me he did everything he could to work within the confines of that standard. Convertibility is one thing; backing is something else. We still had backing for the dollar, until Nixon took that away. TL;DR: There's no question the writing was on the wall before Nixon came along, but it was him who dealt the death blow to the gold standard. It might have been maintained had he never been elected afaik.

rwbaumg

Yes, *the worst*. I personally blame Nixon for the state of the US today. Also, something else nobody seems to have mentioned: Nixon created the DEA and started the failed War on Drugs. Nixon single-handedly ensured the downfall of America with his actions as President. I can't think of any other President in history who has done nearly so much damage. The state of our economy, personal freedoms and the police state can all be traced directly to him. And yet most seem to think Watergate was the worst thing he did....

Mystic_Hodler

*DEA wants to know your location*

Darklighter10

It’s a general meme, origin is kinda disputed. One I’ve heard the most is they found a DEA officials gun and badge in a lake and us government said no big deal, he lost it in a boating accident. Basically just means a bad excuse

Hefty-Ingenuity-3934

Or DEA

Bisquick_in_da_MGM

To the DEA agent reading this post. I do not use BTC to buy drugs.

GG-Enterprises

 Nice try DEA

RandomTask100

Yes. However you convert between cash and BTC. There's also just suspicious activity. If the DEA thinks Joey J is powderboy420 on Silkroad selling coke for $40/g and every transaction on a suspected wallet is for $40 of BTC, then the DEA will try to find connections between Joey J and that wallet.

Imaginary-Cow25

DEA liked this

ugglemonoship

Yeah why not. No DEA in my country, and police knocked on the door, back in the day, asking for the fake name we used on the deliveries. Well behind me now

igadjeed

You're the DEA intern trawling social media with your first office laptop. You're in the wrong place junior. All the drugs are on Instagram, not Reddit

Longjumping-Tie7445

Don’t worry. OP is a group of DEA/FBI agents baiting drug deals, scammers, and other nefarious folks who deal in dark areas of the internet.

xenochrist420

once you go down the LeRoux rabbit hole it just makes so much more sense than any other candidate IMO from the language in the white paper (spelling of words), to the disappearance date of satoshi, the coding knowledge requirements, hes a criminal mastermind, he had connections in the financial world and the coding world, he was a cryptographer, he has connections to Craig Wright (the parasite who claims he is satoshi but isnt), one of his former employees tried to bargain a plea deal with the DEA with information that Paul was Satoshi.... so much more

Scarboroughwarning

It's an interesting thought... I was reading up on the DEA, and the amount they cost Vs what they confiscate... Vast difference. That said, simply having enforcement deters many from trying to avoid it. So, that bit is what helps it balance

blueberry-yogurt

> how did they track down the operator of Silk Road Well, you could just look up that information, or you could come across as a complete moron who blew his point without even knowing it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht#Arrest > Ulbricht was first connected to "Dread Pirate Roberts" by Gary Alford, an IRS investigator working with the DEA on the Silk Road case, in mid-2013.[25][26] The connection was made by linking the username "altoid", used during Silk Road's early days to announce the website, and a forum post in which Ulbricht, posting under the nickname "altoid", asked for programming help and gave his email address, which contained his full name.[25]

cryptodagod212

These are common scams. Look up scam baiting on YouTube. You’ll see people baiting these scammers and you can see how the scams work firsthand. BTC is commonly asked for in a lot of scams from the IRS calling saying you owe money and you’ll be arrested to the DEA saying your involved in drug trafficking and you need to send them funds to prove your not guilty etc. it’s all bs. You can guarantee if a stranger is asking for this it’s a scam.

Ill-Woodpecker1857

Can we stop saying DCA out and start saying DEA (Dollars Earned Accumulating)?

Odysseus_Lannister

*knocks* **DEA OPEN UP**

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; A drug dealer known as Xanaxman is accused by a US federal court of laundering $137 million in Bitcoin inside a prison. He was arrested three years ago for selling Alprazolam, a form of Xanax (strong medicine for anxiety), on the dark web. The DEA seized 2,875,000 Bitcoin in February and another batch of 59 cryptos in May. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.*

Raisetoallin-always

Reading this thread I feel like I’m in a Leslie Nielsen movie. “Quick, call the DEA and the FBI and I want the CIA to cover NSA and let DC know that we went AWOL and not on PTO”.

Phite007

*DEA has joined the chat now*

nnew47

I don't see any growth for either honestly. Litecoin is slowly losing it's staying power and doesn't have any reason to still exist. Most people only bought it to diversify their holdings and it was marketed as the "silver" to Bitcoin's "gold". Monero is probably the riskiest crypto over $1 billion in market cap to invest in. I would be genuinely shocked if there is a single on ramp left selling it in 2 years. It is basically perfectly designed to be used on the dark net, in ransomeware attacks and to evade taxes. You'll hear some high-minded bullshit about protecting your freedom but it's really just them protecting themselves from the IRS, FBI or DEA.

lolyer69

IRS does not care now that it is legit looking income, they just want their cut at this point and let FBI/DEA/state police deal with the criminal element. Hint: law enforcement don't give a fuck and are prolly on it too.

Mystic_Hodler

With all the 420 going around, they'll probably bring the DEA as their +1

ShldVBoughtBitcoin

It ended with a wedding as every novela ends. Pablo got married to Juan, and then the DEA stormed in and caused a Mexican standoff which eventually lead to a shootout with la nueva generación members who were there to witness the wedding. Luckily, Juan and Pablo were able to jump into their choppa filled with all the Cocaine and Bitcoin & Monero cold storage filled wallets that they’ll ever need in life just in the nick of time. They’re now retired somewhere on an island, consulting their nephews on how they can best run the family business.

Mystic_Hodler

Nice try DEA

Deadlock1920

What kind of a man, talks to DEA, you Rata!

WackyMister

Now you're on their radar. The DEA is gonna grab some popcorn now ..

Moby-S-Dick

I'll bring the coke Jeez chill DEA, I mean the legal drug with that name

Greenleaf90

Getting that bulk mdma so I can pay for college back into '14. Obvious joke DEA.

npcbtc

You can tell him to abolish 1913, abolish the DEA, NSA, ATF, FBI, ICE, FDA, USDA, and IRS, stop congress from passing thousands of pages of spending at a time, and either declare war or bring the troops home.

Ghanjageezer

Ssshhh. Don’t want the DEA finding out!

Sum_It_Up_Bot

“IRS director Jarod Koopman says the U.S. government has seized cryptocurrencies worth $1.2 billion so far this year. This is a significant increase from $137 million in crypto seized the previous year, he said. The seizure of cryptocurrencies is usually a group effort involving agencies such as the FBI, DEA, Secret Service, and DEA.” -Summary provided by Sum_It_Up_Bot

Ndivided132

Did the DEA take all your cash again? Is that why you shitpost with us now?😂😂 *I’m just playing*

NitronBot106

Lol, then why did you have your bitcoin on Silk Road? Either way if you figure out how to get them back, let me know, because I had some bitcoin there too when it got seized by the DEA. I also was definitely not buying drugs with them either ;).

cosmic-comedy

I'm fine paying for roads, hospitals, etc, but ideally, I don't want a cent going to TSA, CIA, NSA, DEA, etc.

FordPrefect343

I feel like it has more to do with the DEA robbing them

geredtrig

A DEA Agent stopped at a ranch in Texas and talked to an old rancher. He told the rancher, “I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.” The rancher said, “okay, but don’t go into that field over there…”, as he pointed out the location. The DEA Agent verbally exploded and said, “look mister, I have the authority of the federal government with me!” Reaching into his rear back pocket, the officer removed his badge and proudly displayed it. “See this fucking badge?! This badge means I can go wherever the fuck I want… whenever the fuck I want,On any land! No questions asked, no answers given! Do you understand old man?!” The rancher kindly nodded, apologized, and went about his chores. Moments later the rancher heard loud screams, he looked up and saw the DEA agent running for his life, being chased by the ranchers big Bull…… With every step the bull was gaining ground on the officer, and it was likely that he’d sure enough get gored before he reached safety. The officer was clearly terrified. The old rancher threw down his tools, ran as fast as he could to the fence, and yelled at the top of his lungs…… “YOUR BADGE! SHOW HIM FUCKING YOUR BADGE!!”

artistesatisfyaf

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RealFilom

*DEA has entered the chat*

Pescados

Exactly! All investment banks, all hedge funds and all governments who are competing to be the dominant player on the world stage. They all have this special whatsapp group set-up by the FBI, CIA, NSA and even the DEA where they can press a button and they all sell in an perfectly orchestrated manner!

SilverboySachs

The good news is, coinbase will track the funds and report all info they can find to the FBI, DEA, and IRS - whether your report it or not! They do that to all users al the time just for fun.

antiauthoritarian123

Well... That's what happens when you try to put the DEA and ATF out of business in a matter of years...

BrownBatman5

It’s not just the stock market. It’s everything. Everything in life is rigged. All of it is set up from the stock markets to politics to bitcoin to the media to pharmaceutical companies to the DEA to the police to the banks to colleges to prisons to student loans etc etc. we are the peasants and we are never supposed to get ahead. And the rich run everything the way they want because, well, they are in charge. Everything is manipulated.

zstolen

Paul Le Roux is a man of focus, commitment, and fucking sheer will. DEA still hiding very much resourcefulness, valuable things about the real creator of bitcoin Paul Le Roux from the public.

spritecut

Because he cooperated with the DEA to entrap other members of the organisation. Allegedly.

lemineftali

Old Silk Road wallets? None! The DEA seized them all. This wallet was only incepted in 2019 anyway.

blaat_aap

The title makes it seem like the government where actually facilitating in laundering drugs money, while the article states "*What they needed was an offshore bank to help them. On today's show, we hear how two U.S. agents — one IRS, one DEA — created a fake offshore bank* ***to catch drug traffickers****.*"

dillinger-808

Hello DEA, how are you today?

PCP4Breakfast

Satisfactory? Absolutely. I wasn't even sure if your addiction issues were drug related as we both know you can become addicted to just about anything. In fact, I have to personally admit that kind of happened to me with Bitcoin and crypto for a good minute there. Had to tell everyone I know, try to get all of my friends into it, read about it all day in an attempt to make up for lost time (I guess?), never shut up about it. I now know why it's a better idea to keep some of those beliefs to yourself and just let Bitcoin do its thing, so I've taken a slight step back from it all nowadays, both for the sake of my mental health and my poor loved ones. However, believe me when I say I'm still 100% Bitcoin and will keep stacking sats until the day I feel satisfied with how far adoption has come. Only then will I be truly enjoying the fruits of my patience and diligence. I don't even see the price anymore, just keep stacking and stacking because I never would have invested had I not put full faith into the purpose of it. I'm not in it for the money... of course that's nice, but I'm here for the movement and will continue to be. I do know about those Opanas, my friend, I'd say blues were really what first gave me a taste of what a real drug addiction was. I grew up in the Florida pill mills, so back in those days, I'd get them for $9 a piece along with some 50 cent bars. You can see why that was a dangerously negative thing for me to have so much nonstop exposure to, so I moved away from Florida to try to get my life in order. It worked for a little while until I found myself trading out those addictions for twisting the pipe and falling deeper into my alcoholism, which was always something that just kinda lingered in the background when the dillies and blues were around. I moved a couple more times in an attempt to run away from my problems until I wound up back in Florida. The DEA had shut down most of the clinics at this point, but I had been on Kratom for about 2 years prior at the time. This time around it was just the heavy booze and kratom. The booze was going to take me out, I was sure of that, not to mention alienate me in the meantime. I finally managed to stop drinking right around the time that I got into Bitcoin and never looked back. I think it did help get my mind off of the booze back then, which may be why I got so obsessed with it for a little while... but it taught me a lot, and somehow, I learned a great deal about myself through Bitcoin in a roundabout way. They say money is the root of all evil, but I don't think that sentiment would ring true anymore if we were finally able to have a financial system that favors more than just a select few and has its value decided by the people, not decided by that same minority group of puppet masters. These days, I am still on Kratom. It's been a long time now. Not sure if you know anything about kratom withdrawals, but they're definitely their own unique monster, and they last for weeks. I've tried quitting a couple times, and it didn't work too well unfortunately. Kratom as a drug does allow me to function like a normal person, but I'm tired of the maintenance and control it has over me. I've had recent talks with my girlfriend about seeking out a doctor that can help me figure out a proper suboxone taper. I don't know where I would be without it all those years, but it has served its purpose, and I'm ready for the next chapter, the one with NO opioids. Through all of this, I still use psychedelics from time to time, and I wholeheartedly believe that I wouldn't have come to some of the tough realizations I've had without them, or at least I don't think I would have done anything about them. The Kratom is my one nuisance left, and I've gotten through worse, just gotta stay on track, act, and take it day by day. SO SORRY for the novel. That all just kinda came out, and it felt good to write, so thank you for that, and I really appreciate you sharing. I wish you good days ahead, my friend, be good to yourself. You've got a good head on your shoulders.

OrangeRabbit

They are trying, but like in a lot of Latin America its really not that simple to do so. Crime is deeply embedded, as is corruption (hell, Honduras's President's brother was recently arrested by the DEA). And when you have limited funds like a lot of Latin American governments have, the smarter ones try and prioritize development instead. Costa Rica is historically the most successful of the Latin American countries in large part not because of as large of a focus on its police (and not having an army as an intentional choice). More money for development meant it ended up in a lot better of a situation than a lot of its neighbors

MisterE2023

[It was DEA agent Carl Force’s idea, stoopid](https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-boss-ordering-5-assassinations/amp)

beep_bop_boop_4

My crappy memory. If you Google you'll find some reputable articles and documentaries. Pretty sure I'm not misremembering. It's a fucking wild story. DEA agent worked his way to the inner circle, gained Ross's trust and made up exiatential threat to provoke a response.

planetrees

The CIA and DEA are knee deep in the drug business to fund they black budgets. Just look at Afganistans opium production after the US invasion. Or read up how CIA funded the Nicaragua contras with money from cocaine sold to their own population. The british empire found it very profitable to ship opium from India to China, which ended in the opium wars. And lets not talk about Colombia as a good market for perpetual war, and Ecuador as the place to launder the money. He was a visionary but you dont play with the dark forces that run the system.

loewan

Have a look at this documentary on Paul Le Roux. He actually fits the profile of Satoshi perfectly: [https://youtu.be/hQxPwA7yGjk](https://youtu.be/hQxPwA7yGjk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl3vbvVKFw4 Le Roux is not flamboyant. In fact, he kept quite a low profile in real life. He lived and dressed quite simply and amassed a massive fortune but only in gold and real estates where it's safe (Hong Kong). He was not just some knuckle-dragging criminal but have worked extensively in the cybersecurity industry and came up with his own encryption that even DEA struggled to break. He's spent time living and working in Britain which explains Satoshi's way of spelling and slangs (using "bloody" as an exclamation). And Le Roux was also known to frequent message boards too but the only inconsistency is that Le Roux was a raging racist but that can easily be suppressed especially after living for extended periods in Asia. AND Le Roux was a good leader and very good at coercing people into doing his biddings. Le Roux would had benefitted quite immensely had Bitcoin succeeded. He would be able to to get rid of the most unreliable elements in his operations - the muscles he rely on to take in money then convert to and guard the gold. He would be able to scale up his business by several folds because a lot part of his empire would had been digitised and under his direct control. To be fair, when Le Roux was caught, the DEA also seized his laptop gained complete access to it so DEA would have known Le Roux's involvement with Bitcoin. They could have impedes Bitcoin adoption simply by point its origin to an arms dealer. So even though there are a lot of hits, there are a lot of misses (two spaces after period).

citizen3301

And from there they are shared with DEA, FIB and Homeland Insecurity.

EnglishBulldog

> He was set up by corrupt DEA agents, and was being advised by someone else who suggested he kill his former employee. Whether it was real or not, he chose to kill instead of taking the high road. If I approach you and offer to kill someone you have a problem with and you choose yes then that shows us your intent. It doesn't matter if you are ever tried or found guilty of it, if it is documented well enough people can see your intent and what kind of person you are at that time. And if the evidence for it is submitted along side other charges that intent can paint a bigger picture. In Ulbricht's case he was being tried as a kingpin and the murder for hire evidence that was presented and corroborated was introduced to show the lengths he was willing to go to protect his empire. This was all covered thoroughly durring the trial so I'm not just making it up. >It’s clear the US govt is unwilling to address the embarrassing monstrosity that was the Silk Road investigation It's not really embarrassing. People can be corrupt and some corrupt agents were discovered and punished. But those agents were not a part of the team that found and apprehended Ross. The investigation and their apprehension was above board and the forensics that followed was well documented and corroborated at his trial. You have a clear bias for conspiracy based on your other replies here so this comment wasn't really for you. I expect any reply to this to be you defending a conspiracy or a distortion of documented facts to paint a narrative.

blackjvck_

He was set up by corrupt DEA agents, and was being advised by someone else who suggested he kill his former employee. He’s not completely innocent but it’s baffling to me that the DEA agents got 6 years in prison, VarietyJones got 20 years, while Ross is rotting in jail twice over with his appeals being revoked constantly, even now that they’ve apprehended the other bad actors. It’s clear the US govt is unwilling to address the embarrassing monstrosity that was the Silk Road investigation

HoonCackles

DEA (Deus Finance). Synthetix competitor. 500 synthetic stocks tradeble (live on mainnet). It's the closest thing to "decentralized Robinhood" that exists in crypto. Market Cap 30M, down from 100M before the crash.

Alaskan-Jay

The DEA just pisses me off. There is a dealer at the end of my street that pushes 5k worth of drugs a week (meth/pills). And I can't get the DEA or local police to look into it. They are so blatant with it. But law enforcement doesn't care. Not big enough to make someone's career not worth it. But if I do anything about it I risk mine and my families well being. I've recorded drug sales and they won't do anything.... so we just moved. But they will go around busting grandma pot and people with prescriptions that forgot the bottle.... so bad.

aqouta

>But if weed was legal then these people wouldn't have to get into shady organizational rings to distribute pot. Alcohol is legal but do you see major rings doing it under ground in there basement? Agreed and is my preference for sure. But you play the hand you're dealt. The DEA doesn't get the option to legalize weed and needs to operated in the world where it is illegal. And they're doing so in a rational manner

Alaskan-Jay

But if weed was legal then these people wouldn't have to get into shady organizational rings to distribute pot. Alcohol is legal but do you see major rings doing it under ground in there basement? You get a ton of amateur home brewers but anyone serious enough with a good product will go big time. But ugh the DEA and ATF are such garbage departments. Defund them and give us all free pot and watch your crime rate drop.

aqouta

I generally wish the DEA would just shrivel up and die but if I was forced to defend the practice it would be on the grounds that growers serious enough to be noticed by the electric company are usually integrated into distribution rings and you'll find those rings circulate more than just weed. Bust a grower and you can likely get them to rat out the kind of people we'd all like there to be less of.

Casino_Insider

The DEA goes after more than just weed and they don't take care of murder, rapes and theft...

TheMonster2349

This is great. DEA just scratching their heads lol

AnUncreativeName10

Haha, fuck you DEA I'm Canadian. Erm.... Whoops, no RCMP leave me alone you horse mounted fucks.

RaunchySwagger

People still believe this BS? DEA had full admin access to the site for literally weeks - they could literally fabricate and edit anything. Innocent until proven guilty here.

enrutconk

Those are separate. Yes, there were a couple rogue DEA agents who were then convicted (although, that doesn't make Ross ordering that hit any better). That was the first hit Ross ordered. The other ones though, occurred after and it wasn't discovered until 2018 that the subsequent hits he ordered were actually all part of something else. I almost don't want to spoil it because the story is so interesting. I would highly recommend watching the youtube video The Dark Side of The Silk Road by Barely Sociable to see all of the conversations about the subsequent hits in their context. If you don't care about being spoiled then.... >!One of the largest sellers on the Silk Road, by the username of LucyDrop (and actually secretly behind many other accounts), pulled a huge scam on DPR. He messaged DPR from a new account called FriendlyChemist claiming to be a drug supplier that was freaking out about missing $900,000 worth of payments for the product he had supplied to LucyDrop. He claimed to be a middleman supplier for a "dangerous group of people" and the was fearing for his family's life because they wanted their money. This then spiraled out of control into him impersonating the Hells Angels and swindling DPR into paying him over half a million dollars worth of bitcoin (which would be worth billions today) to "assassinate" certain users of the site and their partners under the guise of being a high ranking member of the Hells Angels. DPR paid for the hits, got what he believed photographic proof of the tortured/dead bodies, and kept on going!<

dhork

Weren't most of those conversations with rogue DEA agents who themselves got indicted for money laundering?

RedGravetheDevil

Bill Clinton Administration murdered best selling author Peter McWilliams for being outspoken about weed and needing it to fight his own cancer. The DEA threatened him with imprisoning his mother and taking all her assets if he tested positive. He died choking on his own vomit trying to take his cancer medicine. Remember, Biden wrote this horrible racist crime bill that imprisoned more blacks than all of US history