Who is "Variety Jones"?

[AGD]

What the hell is that conversation about? The fact that he even kept logs of this stuff shows you how niave he was. Ross is deluded and to me it looks like VJ was just trying to set up him up to con him out of massive amounts of money no doubt. Ross probably would have sent it to him as well. It wouldn't surprise me if VJ wasn't actually just another undercover cop (corrupt or otherwise) either.

Looks like that, cause he was the only SR admin not beeing arrested so far.

Edit: They are talking about sending big amounts of non-steril wheat seeds to Africa.

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[BlindMayorBitcorn]

(2012‐05‐16 15:03) vj: Ghana
(2012‐05‐16 15:03) vj: 'Cause that's where I'm buying a gold mine I'm gonna use to
launder money, so i'll be there once in a while anyways

 

[bennybong]

You know what, I fucking love Variety Jones. I hope we never find out who he is and we just keep hearing about him for years to come. The mystery just keeps going... Gold mines in Ghana? Saving the millions of lives and bringing down Dow and Monsanto?!

If he is LE then he sure doesn't sound like one.

You go vj/cimon/POM/Thomas Clarke...?

[AGD]

You know what, I fucking love Variety Jones. I hope we never find out who he is and we just keep hearing about him for years to come. The mystery just keeps going... Gold mines in Ghana? Saving the millions of lives and bringing down Dow and Monsanto?!

If he is LE then he sure doesn't sound like one.

You go vj/cimon/POM/Thomas Clarke...?

If he was LE, then he did a very good job. All the SR arrests, including the corrupt agents are based on VJs work as the "first to go in" then. He does the "dirty" work to get inside the tagets enterprise, install other agents as mods and coders, influence the target and lead his actions until his arrest. This is how it works and this is pretty much what I believe VJs role was.
VJs account was created shortly after the Gawker article came out, that brought a lot of attention, also that of LE.
We all know that LE has endless ressources to do their job and one thing they always have as a tool are 0-days. At that time it was this bitcoind exploit, that was the key for VJ to get Ross' respect and later access to the sites source code and servers. After he had gained trust, he gave Ross a lot of work to do, that would be too much for Ross, that he would need people to help him. This brought Ross in the need to look for staff and this was the point where LE brought their agents in, to start the "official work" which lead to the arrests of Ross, a lot of vendors, some mods and also the corrupt agents.

[alc]

If he is LE then he sure doesn't sound like one.

What do you think undercover LE sounds like? "Good morning mr. kingpin sir, what grand criminal conspiracy are we going to undertake today?"

It's called "playing the part". The fact that no arrest has been made does make a compelling case that that entity was, at the very least, cooperating with law enforcement. They rounded up practically everyone else - even the witless compsci major who gave Ross a few coding tips back in the day. DPR's mentor not being arrested, despite his identity apparently being within reach of a determined government agency? That just doesn't make sense to me.

[311]

He doesn't sound like LE to me though it wouldn't surprise me if he was or was turned at some point. He does sound like a delusional megalomaniac though and it seems Ross was easily strung along. I mean buying gold mines and taking on Monsanto with smuggled seeds? What in the actual? He sounds like he lived in fantasy land or just enjoyed chatting shit with the gullible DPR.

[AGD]

He doesn't sound like LE to me though it wouldn't surprise me if he was or was turned at some point. He does sound like a delusional megalomaniac though and it seems Ross was easily strung along. I mean buying gold mines and taking on Monsanto with smuggled seeds? What in the actual? He sounds like he lived in fantasy land or just enjoyed chatting shit with the gullible DPR.

Needless to say, that none of their revolutionary ideas turned into reality afterwards...

[AGD]

http://www.wired.com/2015/06/dark-web-drug-lords-got-away/

[Silly Money]

http://www.wired.com/2015/06/dark-web-drug-lords-got-away/

I saw that article earlier when googling for some info on Ross Ulbricht. The thing is, the vast majority of them will get away but the ones that are caught will send a message of fear across the deepweb but it's never going to stop them as there's people always willing to take risks. Prison or the death penalty doesn't stop bank robberies drug dealers murders or rapists and jail wont stop the tor markets. What it will do is force people to find new ways to stay safe and develop technology to evade capture. I look forward to one day when markets continue to run indefinitely without interference from the governments. Maybe eventually they will get the message and concede defeat.

[AGD]

I find it interesting, that Greenberg thinks Vjs identity is unknown. Bad research?

[gablay12]

  It is hard for him to leave everything he has built so far.I believe he is not in prison.He wants to be forgotten, he expects to be out of agents radar.

[AGD]

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/heres-what-the-fbi-found-on-ross-ulbrichts-laptop-2015-5

VJ, according to Ulbricht’s journal entries, turned out to be something of a mentor — or the devil on Ulbricht’s shoulder, depending on how you look at it. Ulbricht said in his journal that he was extremely inexperienced in web hosting when he first launched Silk Road. He knew basic coding and html but often failed to recognise some of the site’s early flaws, he wrote.

As the first to point out a major security hole in Silk Road, VJ gained Ulbricht’s trust early on. One journal entry reveals just how much VJ influenced Ulbricht’s perception of Silk Road: “VJ has helped me to see a larger vision,” Ulbricht wrote on December 29, 2011. “A brand that people come to trust and rally behind.” He even envisioned the creation of a Silk Road Credit Union one day.

Will Ross admit beeing manipulated by the devil himself? I will add him to the list, just in case....

[AGD]

One more link to the PoM/OG story, that I read, but havent posted, yet:

http://www.yongesterdam.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=430&sid=9c8200c8acea06f835c385ff099dee21

More reddidts:

http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2wno9s/anyone_curious_to_know_what_variety_jones_looks/
http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2t8wib/dprs_mentor_and_biggest_influencer_variety_jones/
http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2vourm/how_come_variety_jones_couldnt_be_identified/

[Gleb Gamow]

“For those considering stepping into your shoes,” she said, “they need to understand without equivocation that there will be severe consequences.”

Judge: Coach, we're lockin' your ass up for life for fuckin' them boys on your team.
Judge: Mr. Speaker, you are fined... (assuming the outcome).

Judge: You, sire, are going to jail for stealing.
Judge: Bankers, you are fined and don't do it again.

CIA: What the fuck you mean that the poppy yields are down? Are you sure nobody's stealing from us?

Judge: Rich white dude, you're free to go with X Charges dropped.
Judge: Poor black dude, you're fucked because of these X Charges!

NEWS: So-and-so, who once turned states evidence for ________, was killed today in a one-vehicle accident on a county road. His water-soaked body was eventually freed from atop a cactus 30 miles from the nearest water source. No foul play is expected.

[AGD]

“For those considering stepping into your shoes,” she said, “they need to understand without equivocation that there will be severe consequences.”

Judge: Coach, we're lockin' your ass up for life for fuckin' them boys on your team.
Judge: Mr. Speaker, you are fined... (assuming the outcome).

Judge: You, sire, are going to jail for stealing.
Judge: Bankers, you are fined and don't do it again.

CIA: What the fuck you mean that the poppy yields are down? Are you sure nobody's stealing from us?

Judge: Rich white dude, you're free to go with X Charges dropped.
Judge: Poor black dude, you're fucked because of these X Charges!

NEWS: So-and-so, who once turned states evidence for ________, was killed today in a one-vehicle accident on a county road. His water-soaked body was eventually freed from atop a cactus 30 miles from the nearest water source. No foul play is expected.

Hi Gleb, you have some links for your news about that accident?
Besides that I don't get what you mean? Ross is white...

[AGD]

All Posts from Variety Jones on SilkRoad: http://199.127.225.120:9999/show.html?user=Variety+Jones

[BayAreaCoins]

All Posts from Variety Jones on SilkRoad: http://199.127.225.120:9999/show.html?user=Variety+Jones

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[JR77]

I know that video. It is showing Gypsy Nirvana firing an employee and making a secret video of his asshole behaviour. I don't think it was VJ, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCEh8FNNuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-EEf0pebEM

I can't really decipher the vid. Why is Gypsy mad?

[AGD]

I know that video. It is showing Gypsy Nirvana firing an employee and making a secret video of his asshole behaviour. I don't think it was VJ, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCEh8FNNuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-EEf0pebEM

I can't really decipher the vid. Why is Gypsy mad?

There was an event where the guy (Teflon) failed to start an important video conference.

All Posts from Variety Jones on SilkRoad: http://199.127.225.120:9999/show.html?user=Variety+Jones

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
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Virustotal says its clean.

[el_rlee]

I know that video. It is showing Gypsy Nirvana firing an employee and making a secret video of his asshole behaviour. I don't think it was VJ, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCEh8FNNuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-EEf0pebEM

I can't really decipher the vid. Why is Gypsy mad?

Well I guess Gypsy has time now to overthink it...