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Stipulations
Stipulation read to the jury that DPR learned of the investigation in spring 2013, that the laptop contained a law enforcement counterintelligence document, that the investigation included forum administrators, moderators, and bitcoin exchanges, and that DPR paid for information
Dratel read the parties' agreement that DPR learned of the investigation in spring 2013 and that Ross Ulbricht's laptop contained a multipage document titled LE Counterintel with communications about law enforcement efforts. The agreement also stated that DPR learned the investigation included forum administrators, moderators, and bitcoin exchanges, and that DPR paid for information.
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The court permitted the limited counterintelligence stipulation but barred use of its bitcoin-exchange reference to implicate Mr. Karpeles.