Who is "Variety Jones"?

[nbrk]

Here is the Jared+ShaBang or PoM+Shabang, or ShaBang+Gypsy+Old Pink part of the madness.

http://www.myplanetganja.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11022&sid=495b98c02ff798abc2f7ae65bcffed9b&start=375#p144622

All this stuff is raw, and I was editing posts as I was finding stuff. At this point I am genuinely starting to become worried that this is all actually real. I'm fairly OK with my personal safety, and my identity, but Jared has a habit of monitoring exit nodes, and I'm afraid he'll find some thread. Or ShaBang, or PoM, or ... If the Feds take an interest (and find) me IRL, I'll be nice and offer you a cuppa and a bikkie (*snaps out of it* Naw, man - FUCK THE PO-- *trails off* --lice? *begins shaking*), but I will not respond to any form of contact by email/pm. I will not talk to journalists because I've published everything I've found. I am probably not going to write anything formal, because I don't want to expose myself any more than I already have. Jesus. I'm either aiding a criminal with his cover story/excuse, or poking the biggest fucking wasps nest I've ever come across. The mania is passing. The reality is setting in. *puke*

[Possum577]

He goes by Mother now...



Psych.

It's amazing that people can keep their anonymity so well. It's just so hard to do these days...

[AGD]

I finally got me some time liberated by myself to check this varietyjones.com homepage and its trails.
All of his art is linking to Society6.com, which is clearly controled by the same person.
Both registered in California.
Archive.org gives me many different versions of the site Society6.com
https://web.archive.org/web/*/society6.com

First version of the site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080828044143/http://www.society6.com/
Its sourcecode has another site linked: http://sogma.com/

meta name="generator" content="Sogma.com"

Only interesting fact that I see is, that Society6 is shown as "Partners" among some unusual big players (Sony, WB, Sega). Looking like they wanted to push Society6 as a "serious"partner. Looks pretty much connected to me.

Archive.org also brings up the names of the founders:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090319061624/http://www.society6.com/help/about


https://web.archive.org/web/20090324074039/http://www.society6.com/lucas
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/lucas-tirigall-caste
https://betweentheweeds.wordpress.com/tag/lucas-tirigall-caste/
Primary Role
Founder, CEO @ Sogma (Ahh there is the connection)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Tirigall_Caste
http://www.artlabyrinth.com/featured/Lucas_Tirigall_Caste
http://threelittlesparrows.com/tag/lucas-tirigall-caste-society6/

By this point, you’ve likely heard of a smart little site called Society6–it has practically exploded in popularity. The company was founded in 2009 by three artists, Justin Cooper, Lucas Tirigall-Caste and Justin Wills to provide an affordable avenue for artists to sell their art (on everything from duvet covers, tees, coffee mugs and rugs) without giving up control of their rights. The result is a community of artists right at your fingertips; Society6 does all the printing, shipping and customer service on the artists’ behalf which means a lower cost for you. It is an inexpensive way to decorate yourself and home (‘Join’ the site for regular deals) and it has made its way into my own home on a couple of occasions. Check out my walls (dog not included).

Justin Wills: https://society6.com/justinw
https://www.brainpickings.org/2009/06/03/society6-exclusive-interview/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwills
https://vimeo.com/justinwills
https://twitter.com/justinwills

and

https://web.archive.org/web/20090324074906/http://www.society6.com/Justin
https://society6.com/justin
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/justin-cooper#/entity
https://twitter.com/justinsamcooper
http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_justin_cooper_society6/s-0021923.html

I would say that Mr. Lucas Tirigall knows exactly where this Atlantis wolf and the other paintings on varietyjones.com are coming from.
I would even say, that one of this 3 guys is the owner of varietyjones.com and they all have nothing to do whatsoever with the SR VJ we are talking about.

They all are in California and the VJ.com pictures (incl. that famous wolf) where most likely made in the artist district of Downtown L.A.

edit: Some bad links and general clean up

[Blue_Tiger73]

Wow. This guy "Variety Jones" seems like a cool guy. I wish I could maybe meet him on this site soon. The way you described him makes me really interested in who he really his. He seems like a really smart guy with great ideas for this site.

[anytimebtc]

I don't know iam listening this name first

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[nbrk]

Jesus, bitcointalk is a reptile house...

The fact varietyjones.com and all the other blockoperator profiles are still up and running suggests FBI. Doesn't look good for you twats does it? It's servers are in the US. Tips have been sent. I'd encourage others to use the fbi tips website https://tips.fbi.gov/ to point out the obvious as well. *knock knock knock* Anyone at home? PoM's waiting out here for you guys... HELLO!?

varietyjones.com
korchata.com
blockoperator.com

All hosted in the US. First two have images directly linked to criminal activity. Purport to be by Variety Jones. FBI claims to be after Variety Jones. HELLO!?!?!??!?!?

!

[vodaljepa]

nbrk are you POM? you are trying real hard

[nbrk]

I have already posted here, and on MPG what I think of PoM. He knows I think it was him on SR, and always PM'd me to to deny it. I'm well aware I could be being manipulated by him.

However:

Demanding the FBI arrest him, accusing him of being on SR, being publicly sceptical about his prison sentence, and tipping off the FBI to websites purporting to be by him seems like a strange way of being manipulated/being him. Does it not?

[vodaljepa]

Why is your name on VJ steam account?



https://steamcommunity.com/id/varietyJones/

[nbrk]

As you can see from here: https://www.steamid.co.uk/profile/76561198100155396

He literally just changed it!

I feel special.

Name   When It Was Changed

37   Nov 8 3:18pm
Malverde   Nov 8 3:11pm
nbrk   Nov 8 3:04pm
CimonSays   Nov 8 3:03pm
Bitcoin!   Nov 1 9:42pm
sponsored_by_Bitcoin   Nov 1 9:40pm
OsmosisRipley   Nov 1 9:39pm
VarietyJones   Sep 11 3:15pm
VarietyJones.com   Aug 25 6:01am
VarietyJones.com ;3itcoin   Aug 20 2:35am

14 Name changes on record for this steam account

*rubs hands together* I wonder if I'll get blackmailed before Christmas? *jumps up and down* Oh Joy.

[Mikel]

http://rimbit.com/blogs/bitcoin-and-altcoin/394-silk-road-the-drama-continues-as-roger-clark-is-arrested-in-koh-chang#.VmG5MdG5vKA.reddit

[Quickseller]

http://rimbit.com/blogs/bitcoin-and-altcoin/394-silk-road-the-drama-continues-as-roger-clark-is-arrested-in-koh-chang#.VmG5MdG5vKA.reddit

WOW

When was he arrested?

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

http://rimbit.com/blogs/bitcoin-and-altcoin/394-silk-road-the-drama-continues-as-roger-clark-is-arrested-in-koh-chang#.VmG5MdG5vKA.reddit

WOW

When was he arrested?

This is a warrant for extradition. I'm not sure he has been arrested yet.

But he sure expects to be:

Steps are now being taken to make this issue very public and also to begin funding campaigns to assist Mr Clark in the massive legal costs that are to follow.

For more information, please contact perk@rimbit.com and state who you are and we will make available the other 4 pages of the extradition request.

[samson]

In Thailand they don't bother with extradition most of the time.

What they do is revoke the visa, after that's done he will be on a plane to the US within days.

[calkob]

Why Satoshi Nakamoto is not an option? Satoshi Nakamoto is always an option.

I think it's Bruce Willis tho.

Def not Bruce Willis he's to soft.....lol. I reckon it denzel Washington.😀
I'd say he had a few vanity addresses tho......

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

US v. Roger Thomas Clark Complaint

[Mr Felt]

https://plus.google.com/106677922318882895576/posts

http://gypsynirvana.blogspot.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCEh8FNNuE

[Quickseller]

http://rimbit.com/blogs/bitcoin-and-altcoin/394-silk-road-the-drama-continues-as-roger-clark-is-arrested-in-koh-chang#.VmG5MdG5vKA.reddit

WOW

When was he arrested?

This is a warrant for extradition. I'm not sure he has been arrested yet.

But he sure expects to be:

Steps are now being taken to make this issue very public and also to begin funding campaigns to assist Mr Clark in the massive legal costs that are to follow.

For more information, please contact perk@rimbit.com and state who you are and we will make available the other 4 pages of the extradition request.

It looks like the FBI/US attorney's office has announced that he was arrested, but the above link implies that the US is still pursuing extradition, so who knows.

According to POM's above account in the thread linked above, he was previously able to bribe his way out of getting arrested by the authorities in Thailand, although it appears that he was also actively trying to turn himself in.

US v. Roger Thomas Clark Complaint

I was surprised to see that VJ gave DPR his ID/Dox considering how security minded he is. 

[LeeVelazquez]

Who is "variety Jones"? .......Your thread title is really interesting....

[Mikel]

I was surprised to see that VJ gave DPR his ID/Dox considering how security minded he is. 

I really am not, considering that he essentially doxed himself to DPR for the purpose of obtaining trust ("A google search of plural of mongoose yadadadada"-Cimon), I wouldn't even be surprised if VJ was the one who suggested the policy anyways.