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2015 Federal TrialtranscripttranscriptGregory Fine — Direct - Day 6 - 2015 Federal TrialFBI Special Agent Gregory Fine identified two USB drives found in Ross Ulbricht's bedroom and described transporting them to an evidence room. The defense declined cross-examination.
Serrin A. TurnerJoshua Lewis DratelKatherine B. ForrestGregory FineMR. TURNERGregory FineTHE COURTMR. DRATELdirect
2015 Federal Trial/Day 6/January 22, 2015
7 pages·4 witnesses·2,601 lines
Thomas Kiernan and Christopher Jon Beeson testified about laptop evidence and forensic collection limits. Richard Chapman Bates described Ulbricht's early operation of Silk Road, later statements about selling it, and his own nonprosecution agreement. The court denied a defense mistrial motion and instructed jurors that the defendant need not call witnesses.
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3.Gregory Fine — Direct

Serrin A. Turner Gregory Fine
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DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. TURNER:

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MR. TURNER: Thank you. Good afternoon, Special Agent Fine.

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GREGORY FINE: Good afternoon.

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MR. TURNER: Where do you work?

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GREGORY FINE: For the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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MR. TURNER: What is your position there?

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GREGORY FINE: I'm a special agent.

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MR. TURNER: And what office of the FBI are you in?

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GREGORY FINE: The San Francisco division.

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MR. TURNER: Were you one of the agents involved in the search of Ross Ulbricht's residence following his arrest on October 1, 2013?

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MR. TURNER: And was that search pursuant to a search warrant?

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MR. TURNER: What was the address of the residence?

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GREGORY FINE: 235 Monterey Boulevard in San Francisco, California.

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MR. TURNER: And were you able to locate the defendant's bedroom in the residence?

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MR. TURNER: And how were you able to do so?

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GREGORY FINE: During the search, we found some of his personal effects.

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GREGORY FINE: We found his Texas driver's license and his passport.

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MR. TURNER: And did you find any computer devices in the bedroom?

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MR. TURNER: What did you find?

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GREGORY FINE: Found two thumb drives.

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MR. TURNER: What are thumb drives?

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GREGORY FINE: They're USB devices so essentially storage for -- storage for digital files.

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MR. TURNER: And you plug them into a computer?

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MR. TURNER: May I approach.

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THE COURT: You may.

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MR. TURNER: I'm showing you what's been marked as Government Exhibit 502. It's already been admitted into evidence.

Do you recognize what I've shown you?

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MR. TURNER: How do you recognize it?

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GREGORY FINE: These are the two USB drives that we found in Mr. Ulbricht's room.

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MR. TURNER: Where did you find them?

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GREGORY FINE: On the nightstand.

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MR. TURNER: And what did you do with them after you found them?

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GREGORY FINE: We seized them pursuant to the search warrant, we packaged them up and I transported them to the evidence room in San Francisco.

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MR. TURNER: No further questions, your Honor.

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THE COURT: Thank you.

Mr. Dratel.

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MR. DRATEL: No questions, your Honor.

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THE COURT: Thank you. You may step down, sir.

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GREGORY FINE: Thank you.

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(Witness excused)

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THE COURT: Would the government like to call its next witness, please.

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