Jul 11, 2023 · It would take two years for Ulbricht's second-in-command—an elusive figure known as Variety Jones—to be tracked down and arrested in Thailand. Today, a decade after the Silk Road's demise,...

Jul 11, 2023 · Roger Thomas Clark, 62, known online as 'Variety Jones,' was handed the stern sentence at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Courthouse...

Jul 11, 2023 · Authorities in Thailand arrested Clark in December 2015, around 2 years after the FBI apprehended the underground drug market’s creator Ross Ulbricht in October 2013. Clark provided Ulbricht...

Working closely with Ross Ulbricht, they were to act as a penetration tester, financial advisor and mentor, and was the person who suggested the "Dread Pirate Roberts" title Ulbricht used. According to seized chat logs, Jones was also the one to suggest the first alleged murder for hire, [1] though it did not actually take place. [2]

Jul 11, 2023 · Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROGER THOMAS CLARK, a/k/a “Plural of Mongoose,” a/k/a “Variety Jones,” a/k/a “VJ,” a/k/a “cimon,” was sentenced to 20 years in prison today for conspiring to distribute massive quantities of narcotics, arising out of his role as the ...

Jul 15, 2023 · The sentencing of Silk Road’s Variety Jones, aka Plural of Mongoose, aka cimon, aka Ross Ulbricht’s mentor, aka Roger Thomas Clark was held at 10:00am on July 11, 2023, in courtroom 23A of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse that houses the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Jul 11, 2023 · Known as Variety Jones, Silk Road adviser Roger Thomas Clark was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday, with US prosecutors citing a conspiracy to “distribute massive quantities of narcotics” via bitcoin payments. Clark was additionally ordered to …

Jul 12, 2023 · Roger Thomas Clark, who went by the alias "Variety Jones" assisted Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht and urged him to hire a hitman. A 61-year-old Canadian man who acted as a mentor to Silk...

Jul 11, 2023 · Roger Thomas Clark, a 61-year-old Canadian citizen known online as Variety Jones, advised Silk Road’s founder Ross Ulbricht on all aspects of the enterprise, according to prosecutors. Ulbricht described Clark as a “real mentor,” who inspired him and helped “to build a brand that people can come to trust.”

Jul 11, 2023 · Authorities said Clark served as Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s advisor across the board when it came to the internet drug marketplace’s operations and that he goaded Ulbricht to hire a hitman...