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June 9, 2015 Liam Mathews

The trial of Andrew Rossig, James Brady, and Marko Markovich, the men who parachuted off 1 WTC in 2013, began on Monday. The three daredevils are facing charges of burglary, reckless endangerment, and violating the city ordinance against BASE jumping. The outcome of their case could have important repercussions for all urban explorers in New […]

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January 22, 2015 Backdoor Pharmacist

With the recent release of the trial transcripts for Ross Ulbricht, the man alleged to have run darknet marketplace Silk Road 1 as Dread Pirate Roberts, we’ve learned more of the catastrophically stupid decisions he made that ended up getting him caught. If you’re looking to run the next darknet market on Tor or I2P, […]

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January 13, 2015 Rhett Jones

The trial of the alleged founder of the online black market, Silk Road, begins on Tuesday in Manhattan and it has already been an unusual case. Ross William Ulbricht, who the federal government claims also went by Dread Pirate Roberts, will face a string of charges in New York, but he is also being charged in […]

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July 1, 2014 Marina Galperina

After spending 18 months in prison — 7 in solitary confinement — New York City police officer Gilberto “Cannibal Cop” Valle has been released from jail. Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the Federal District Court in Manhattan overturned Valle’s 2013 “kidnapping conspiracy” conviction this week, stating that there was no sufficient evidence the prove that Valle was actually planning on […]

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