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Silk Road— Case Archive
peoplepersonRoss William UlbrichtKatherine B. ForrestSerrin A. TurnerTimothy HowardJoshua Lewis DratelLindsay LewisJoshua HorowitzChristopher Jon BeesonRussell J. GallisHeather M. MillerThomas KiernanBrian ShawIlhwan YumVincent D'AgostinoGregory FineChristopher TarbellBrian RodriguezLinda MorenoJared Der-YeghiayanGary Luis AlfordMichael DuchRichard Chapman BatesAlex MillerDylan CrittenChristopher KincaidKaren Steib ArnoldDaniel Jefferson DavisBridget PrinceThomas HaneyNicholas EvertMark KarpelesMolly RosenAnand AthavaleChuck SchumerAshley BarrSharon KimSamuel KonkinFrank MaasMurray RothbardAlden SchillerMathew EdmondAndy GreenbergShelby RichardsonCally UlbrichtPeoplePeople in Ross Ulbricht's 2015 federal trial, including witnesses, counsel, investigators and others named in the record.

People

Witnesses, counsel and other people named in the trial record.

44 people
Who appeared whenWitnesses, attorneys and other speakers by trial day.View appearances

Defendant(1)

Ross William Ulbricht
Defense
Creator of the Silk Road online marketplace.
7 lines

Judge(1)

Katherine B. Forrest
Court
U.S. district judge who presided over Ross Ulbricht's trial.
2,857 lines

Prosecution(2)

Serrin A. Turner
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
3,627 lines·21 appearances
Timothy Howard
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
2,518 lines·16 appearances

Defense(3)

Joshua Lewis Dratel
Defense
Attorney representing Ross Ulbricht.
3,810 lines·26 appearances
Lindsay Lewis
Defense
Attorney representing Ross Ulbricht.
184 lines·5 appearances
Joshua Horowitz
Defense
Attorney representing Ross Ulbricht.
1 line

Expert witnesses(3)

Christopher Jon Beeson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI special agent and forensic examiner assigned to the Silicon Valley Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory.
212 lines·7 appearances
Russell J. Gallis
Drug Enforcement Administration
Forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
1 mention
Heather M. Miller
Drug Enforcement Administration
Senior forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
1 mention

Law enforcement(7)

Thomas Kiernan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI computer scientist who collected and analyzed digital evidence.
1,118 lines·7 appearances
Brian Shaw
Information security engineer who worked as an FBI contractor.
548 lines·6 appearances
Ilhwan Yum
FTI Consulting
Former FBI special agent who worked for FTI Consulting.
433 lines·3 appearances
Vincent D'Agostino
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI special agent assigned to a cybercrime squad in New York.
74 lines·2 appearances
Gregory Fine
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI special agent assigned to its San Francisco division.
19 lines·1 appearance
Christopher Tarbell
FBI special agent who later joined FTI Consulting.
5 mentions
Brian Rodriguez
San Francisco Police Department
San Francisco police sergeant and task force officer.
1 mention

Attorney(1)

Linda Moreno
Defense
Attorney who assisted the defense with jury selection.
1 mention

Witnesses(11)

Jared Der-Yeghiayan
Homeland Security Investigations
Special agent with Homeland Security Investigations.
2,613 lines·14 appearances
Gary Luis Alford
Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation
Special agent with IRS Criminal Investigation.
490 lines·5 appearances
Michael Duch
Computer consultant who owned COMM-LAN.
440 lines·6 appearances
Richard Chapman Bates
eBay
eBay software engineer and a college friend of Ross Ulbricht.
420 lines·3 appearances
Alex Miller
Stack Exchange
Employee of Stack Exchange, a network of question and answer websites.
112 lines·4 appearances
Dylan Critten
Homeland Security Investigations
Special agent with Homeland Security Investigations.
79 lines·2 appearances
Christopher Kincaid
Room & Board
Former housemate of Ross Ulbricht.
50 lines·3 appearances
Karen Steib Arnold
Mental health counselor and a friend of Ross Ulbricht's family.
35 lines·1 appearance
Daniel Jefferson Davis
City of Austin, Watershed Protection Department
GIS analyst for the City of Austin and a school friend of Ross Ulbricht.
33 lines·2 appearances
Bridget Prince
One World Research
Investigator and researcher who ran One World Research.
24 lines·1 appearance
Thomas Haney
High school friend of Ross Ulbricht.
24 lines·1 appearance

Mentioned(15)

Nicholas Evert
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Paralegal with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
1 line
Mark Karpeles
Owner of the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange.
13 mentions
Molly Rosen
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Paralegal with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
10 mentions
Anand Athavale
Canadian citizen investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.
7 mentions
Chuck Schumer
Senator who called for an FBI investigation of Silk Road.
3 mentions
Ashley Barr
Employee and associate of Mark Karpeles.
2 mentions
Sharon Kim
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York
Legal intern with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
2 mentions
Samuel Konkin
Author discussed on Silk Road.
2 mentions
Frank Maas
Court
Magistrate judge who signed the criminal complaint in Ulbricht's case.
2 mentions
Murray Rothbard
Author discussed on Silk Road.
2 mentions
Alden Schiller
Prospective defense witness.
2 mentions
Mathew Edmond
Doctorate holder in cryptology who worked with Ilhwan Yum on bitcoin analysis.
1 mention
Andy Greenberg
Journalist who interviewed someone claiming to be Dread Pirate Roberts.
1 mention
Shelby Richardson
Drug Enforcement Administration
Special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
1 mention
Cally Ulbricht
Email correspondent of Ross Ulbricht.
1 mention