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evidenceevidencedocument2015 Federal TrialAffidavit concerning Mr. Karpeles, his email accounts, website connections, programming background, and an informantDer-Yeghiayan confirmed swearing that he believed Karpeles controlled silkroadmarket.org and tuxtele.com and that Karpeles's programming background suited him to operating an e-commerce site such as Silk Road. The affidavit also cited a confidential informant; the court sustained an objection before the witness answered what the informant reportedly said about bitcointalk.org.
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Affidavit concerning Mr. Karpeles, his email accounts, website connections, programming background, and an informant

Der-Yeghiayan confirmed swearing that he believed Karpeles controlled silkroadmarket.org and tuxtele.com and that Karpeles's programming background suited him to operating an e-commerce site such as Silk Road. The affidavit also cited a confidential informant; the court sustained an objection before the witness answered what the informant reportedly said about bitcointalk.org.

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Dratel used the affidavit's website assertions and programming-background assessment to establish Der-Yeghiayan's earlier investigative focus on Karpeles.

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