Illustrations and additional reporting by Susie Cagle.
Day 3 of the Silk Road trial took a turn for the surreal when defense attorney Joshua Dratel began his cross-examination of Homeland Security Investigations agent Jared Der-Yeghiayan. The witness admitted that he had actively pursued Mark Karpeles, the erstwhile CEO of the notorious failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, as a possible match for the Dread Pirate Roberts, the operator of Silk Road. In August 2013, less […]
