Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul Le Roux

Paul Le Roux był dobrze zapowiadającym się programistą. W nieco ponad dekadę zbudował przestępcze imperium.Instagram @konradshymanskyhttps://www.instagram.com/konradshymansky/Autor podcastuKonrad SzymańskiOpracowanieRafał GałązkaŹródła: https://ntpd.eu/zOJ83kontakt/współpraca: codypresents@gmail.com

SKUTEČNÝ, STRHUJÍCÍ A BEZPRECEDENTNÍ PŘÍBĚH GENIÁLNÍHO ZLOČINECKÉHO BOSSE Celé to začalo jako internetová síť lékáren vydávajících léky na předpis, která dodávala americkým zákazníkům analgetika v hodnotě stovek milionů dolarů. Zanedlouho se z tohoto byznysu stal nadnárodní konglomerát zapojený do téměř všech myslitelných aspektů zločineckého chaosu. Jachty převážející kokain, trezory plné prutů zlata, zásilky metamfetaminu, obchodování se zbraněmi v Íránu, žoldnéřské armády v Somálsku nebo týmy nájemných vrahů na Filipínách. Půl desetiletí hrál Paul Le Roux celosvětovou hru na kočku a na myš, a když byl konečně dopaden, hra se otočila… Investigativní novinář Evan Ratliff strávil čtyři roky skládáním této složité skládačky, pronásledováním Le Rouxova impéria a jeho stínových přisluhovačů po celém světě, vedením stovek rozhovorů a zpracováním tisíců dokumentů. Výsledkem jeho dlouholetého úsilí je tato kniha. Poznámka autora Tato kniha je literaturou faktu. Je založená na více než čtyřech letech sběru informací, čítajícího stovky rozhovorů, stovky tisíc stránek policejních hlášení, vládních databází, soudních dokumentů a interních komunikací kriminálních organizací týkajících se tisíců lidí a činností na šesti kontinentech. Snažil jsem se kontaktovat co nejvíce zúčastněných a potvrdit každou informaci z těchto dokumentů. Bohužel jsem nemohl mluvit se všemi. Někteří jsou mrtví. Zavražděni, protože věděli příliš. Jiní se mnou odmítli mluvit ze strachu před stejným osudem. Další jsou zavření a zoufale se snaží vyhnout tomu, aby vypadali jako zrádci. Pár jiných se skrývá před dopadením nebo pomstou – ať už je hrozba skutečná, či domnělá. Mnoho lidí se však i přes riziko tělesné újmy, opakovaného stíhání či profesních problémů rozhodlo sdílet své příběhy. Ve třech případech, specifikovaných v poznámkách, jsem pozměnil jejich jména, neboť měli strach o bezpečnost nejen svou, ale i svých rodin, protože nikdy za zde popsané zločiny nebyli stíháni, ani se jejich jména neobjevila v souvislosti s vyšetřováním těchto událostí. Jindy jsem zase u některých méně podstatných osob uvedl pouze jejich pracovní pozici či vztah k větším hráčům – například u některých strážců zákona či rodinných příslušníků. Všichni zmínění v této knize jsou skuteční. Popisované události se opravdu staly. Řekli o knize „Pokud je pravda podivnější než fikce, pak je Mastermind tou nejpravdivější knihou, kterou letos budete číst. Jediné, co je na ní předvídatelné, je to, jak rychle budete obracet stránky.“ — Noah Hawley, autor knihy Před pádem a tvůrce televizního seriálu Fargo „Jako režiséři strávíme spousty hodin vymýšlením vyostřených zápletek a nezapomenutelných postav, které v divácích zanechají trvalý dojem. Skutečný příběh posedlosti, geniality, intrik a pomsty, podrobně popsaný v knize Mastermind, je tak strhující a filmový, jako nic, co bychom se mohli pokusit vykouzlit.“ — Joe and Anthony Russovi, režiséři filmů Captain America a Avengers: Infinity War „Je to fascinující, naprosto šílený příběh o muži stejně geniálním, jako zkaženém. Ratliffovo vyprávění a neúnavné zpravodajství vás vtáhnou, vyděsí a nakonec i odrovnají. Mastermind je mistrovské dílo.“ — Nick Thompson, šéfredaktor časopisu Wired Autor: Evan Ratliff Typ knihy: audiokniha, e-kniha, tištěná kniha Vydavatelství: Nakladatelství Audiolibrix Vazba: pevná vazba Délka audioknihy: 14:29 h Počet stránek knihy: 448 Původní název: Mastermind Audioknihu Mastermind si můžete koupit v nejlepším obchodě s audioknihami Audiolibrix. Knihu a e-knihu Mastermind si můžete koupit na webu nakladatelství Audiolibrix

Picking up where we left off last week. Paul Le Roux starts escalating his "Risky Business" ventures from Arms Dealing to Gold Smuggling and Drug Trafficking. But it's all about to come crashing down... See Visual Aids from today's show when you sign up for the True Crime Feed Newsletter!If you enjoyed today's show, please leave a rating & review:Apple Podcasts: True Crime Feed-Spotify: True Crime Feed-Website: thetruecrimefeed.com-Email: angela@thetruecrimefeed.com-Facebook Discussion Group-Twitter: @TrueCrimeFeedX-Instagram: @TheTrueCrimeFeedAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

This is Paul Le Roux. He's what you get when you cross a genius computer coder with a warlord. It is absolutely horrifying what this man was able to accomplish - controlling a network of illegal industries all around the world from his laptop.See Visual Aids from today's show when you sign up for the True Crime Feed Newsletter!If you enjoyed today's show, please leave a rating & review:Apple Podcasts: True Crime Feed-Spotify: True Crime Feed-Website: thetruecrimefeed.com-Email: angela@thetruecrimefeed.com-Facebook Discussion Group-Twitter: @TrueCrimeFeedX-Instagram: @TheTrueCrimeFeedAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On Episode 35, we delve into the life of Paul Le Roux, one of few true crime bosses of the 2000's, and really one of the most diverse of all time, he got his start selling porn, and before long started a semi-legal online drug trafficking network, launching his career in arms trafficking, money laundering, and full scale illegal drug trafficking, I hope everybody enjoys today's episode and tunes back in next week for Episode 36PLEASE follow us on our socials-Instagram and Twitter: @theblackhandpodSources:Background Music:Music: Dark Flashes by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comIntro Music:Music: Void Glider by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comIntro audio sources:Lufthansa clip belongs to The Fox Corporation“New York City is a warzone” clip belongs to CBS Broadcasting Inc.Joey Gallo and “Leave by violence” clip belongs to the American Broadcasting Company Support the show

Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin are joined by Evan Ratliff to discuss Paul Le Roux, an international criminal who some believe may have been Satoshi Nakamoto. We also discuss Evan's new podcast Persona, and the similarities between the crimes of Gilbert Chikli and cryptocurrency hacks and scams. Additional resources: Persona podcast The Mastermind Vanish for one month This episode was recorded on October 18th, 2022.

A book has been released about Paul la Roux, one of the biggest criminals who trafficked drugs and arms and took out hitsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How does one become a criminal mastermind? How does one turn into a villain? In this episode,  I was joined by Evan Ratliff, an American journalist, and author, to talk about his book, The Mastermind, A True Story of Murder, Empire, and a New Kind of Crime Lord.What is fascinating about his book, and his reporting is that Paul Le Roux, is like the criminal and crime lord equivalent of Elon Musk, where he is tech savvy, and well-versed in technology, and engineering!And at the same time, he also fits into the "Villini's Journey Arc", where he was a genuine and kind-hearted guy,  but due to some obstacles, he turned 180 and started falling into the path of the villain! At some point, Paul Le Roux also mentioned that he wanted to be the biggest criminal out there.Listen to the episode and find out more!Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook

How does one become a criminal mastermind? How does one turn into a villain? In this episode,  I was joined by Evan Ratliff, an American journalist, and author, to talk about his book, The Mastermind, A True Story of Murder, Empire, and a New Kind of Crime Lord.What is fascinating about his book, and his reporting is that Paul Le Roux, is like the criminal and crime lord equivalent of Elon Musk, where he is tech savvy, and well-versed in technology, and engineering!And at the same time, he also fits into the "Villini's Journey Arc", where he was a genuine and kind-hearted guy,  but due to some obstacles, he turned 180 and started falling into the path of the villain! At some point, Paul Le Roux also mentioned that he wanted to be the biggest criminal out there.Listen to the episode and find out more!Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about Paul Le Roux and his possible connection to Bitcoin, Peter Thiel's recent crypto speech, the power of knowing exactly what you want, and much more. ----- Links: * https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/ * https://www.thielfellowship.org * https://mopoints.com * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (03:35) - Le Roux and Satoshi (26:20) - Peter Thiel at Bitcoin conference (45:35) - Why knowing exactly what you want is a super power (53:30) - Business ides: Copy My Trip ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

On Monday, the Joel Natalie Show did a profile on Diamond Hospitality Services LLC. The company recently announced its acquisition of WHG Management, adding 60 additional Cobblestone Hotels to its portfolio. Joining Joel was Paul Leroux, President and Co-Founder of Diamond Hospitality, and Laurie Woolslayer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, for a look at this successful company based right here in Erie.

CEO sh*t only this Thursday! Listen as Morgan and Taylar BOTH dive into crazy true crime cases that have so many conspiracy theories surrounding them! Morgan Starts us off with the case of Erin Valenti, Erin was an extremely motivated, driven, and successful owner of her own company in Utah when she set out for California to attend two conventions that would aid her in expanding her company and ideas. However, she never got on her flight home, left a string of strange calls, and was found dead less than a week later. Who would want to harm Erin? and Why? Taylar wraps us up with the case of Barry and Honey Sherman of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After billionaire Barry and his wife, Honey Sherman were found dead by their realtor in their own home, many did not know what to make of the crime scene or manner of death. Years have gone by and there are thousands of questions, but millions of theories about their deaths, having lots to do with the circles the ran in and those closest to the couple. (ps sorry Taylar can't read today and the audio got messed up, we are trying our best here) Listen to Patreon Episode 13, tomorrow to hear part 2: Big Pharma & Paul Le Roux with RX Limited JOIN OUR PATREON FOR 2 EXCLUSIVE EPISODES EACH MONTH AND THE ENTIRE BACK LOG OF EPS AND BONUS MATERIAL GO WATCH ON YOUTUBE Be sure to like, comment, subscribe and turn on post notifications for our channel! Let's Get Creepy!! Follow us on Instagram Check out our website APOSTROPHE: $15 off your first visit with an Apostrophe provider at Apostrophe.com/CREEPSANDCRIMES when you use our code: CREEPSANDCRIMES at checkout! ANA LUISA JEWLERY: Go to shop.analuisa.com/creepsandcrimes and make Mom's day by treating her to new pieces of jewelry with Ana Luisa's Buy One, Get One 40% OFF SALE! One for you and one for her!  FEALS: Become a member today by going to Feals.com/CREEPSANDCRIMES and you'll get 50% off your first order with free shipping. Creepy Sources: Blameitonjorge YouTube: "We're in the Matrix', Simulation222, NY Post, Business Insider, KRON4, Fintecology, Just Dial.com, Business Insider (2) Crime Sources: Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Canadian Jewish news, Matt Campbell- Bloomberg, Maclean's “the other side of Barry Sherman, the Globe and Mail News, Heavy, the Toronto Sun, City News, The University of Toronto News, Forbes, Toronto Star, Financial Post, Narcity Real Estate News, CTV News, CP24 News, Toronto.com, Websleuths, Storeys, Toronto City News, CBC News, Wiki & individual source list, The billionaire Murders by Kevin Donovan, FOX 10 Phoenix, Press Reader, 

Tommy Cindric and his DEA partner Eric Stouch had been given a seemingly impossible task - find a criminal genius who invented his own encryption, worked for British intelligence, and would make any James Bond villain pale in comparison. Paul LeRoux was a ghost, managing his criminal empire over the Internet as he made millions of dollars a month. But that wasn't enough for Paul LeRoux. Deals to sell missiles technology to Iran and meth to North Korea were just the tip of the web of crime LeRoux had been weaving. He also had mercenaries and contract killers that were targeting their next victims. A lead from the CIA started Tommy and Eric on a world-wide race to stop Paul LeRoux before he could unleash more chaos.Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won't hear anywhere elseDonate at paypal.me/gameofcrimes or go to paypal.com and use our email: gameofcrimespodcast@gmail.comGo to GameOfCrimesPodcast.com for more info and NEW MERCH!Follow us on...TwitterFacebookInstagramSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tommy Cindric and his DEA partner Eric Stouch had been given a seemingly impossible task - find a criminal genius who invented his own encryption, worked for British intelligence, and would make any James Bond villain pale in comparison. Paul LeRoux was a ghost, managing his criminal empire over the Internet as he made millions of dollars a month. But that wasn't enough for Paul LeRoux. Deals to sell missiles technology to Iran and meth to North Korea were just the tip of the web of crime LeRoux had been weaving. He also had mercenaries and contract killers that were targeting their next victims. A lead from the CIA started Tommy and Eric on a world-wide race to stop Paul LeRoux before he could unleash more chaos.Join us at Patreon.com/gameofcrimes for great content you won't hear anywhere elseDonate at paypal.me/gameofcrimes or go to paypal.com and use our email: gameofcrimespodcast@gmail.comGo to GameOfCrimesPodcast.com for more info and NEW MERCH!Follow us on...TwitterFacebookInstagramSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episodio 57 Cuando se piensa en la farándula, muchos lo asocian con banalidad, estilo de vida desmedido, abuso de influencias y pare usted de contar, hasta que se tiene la oportunidad de conocer a personas que rescatan el gremio y además ponen en alto el gentilicio venezolano a dondequiera que vayan Jean Paul Leroux definitivamente es de esas personas, un profesional y un caballero en todo el sentido de la palabra y ahora un monster... adaptándose a los nuevos tiempos y haciéndolo cada vez mejor . Acompáñanos para que conozcas de esta historia y un poco más de esto me llaman #NFTcomunidad. . Como siempre, podrás disfrutar de esta entrevista este lunes a las: 8:00 PM ET 5:00 PM Utah 4:00 PM San Francisco Por @wearelatinosradio www.wearelatinosradio.com . . Este episodio se encontrará disponible en #spotify #anchorfm #aplepodcast en nuestro ByPantricolas.com y #youtube Efecto Pantricolas --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/efectopantricolas/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/efectopantricolas/support

Dr. Paul le Roux is the CEO of Cape Fertility.  He is a registered specialist in reproductive medicine and published widely on the subject in leading international journals.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hunter talks about the insane computer programmer turned drug trafficker turned international “James Bond” villain, Paul Le Roux. Katie shines light on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the very real scientists that inspired the famous novel.

Emission au coeur du Volcan occupéAvec :- David Pelfresne, gérant du bar le O'Brother, Paul Leroux, gérant du bar l'Eau Tarie et Bastien Le Moan, gérant du restaurant Chez André- On a aussi été faire un tour à la Criée à Marseille avec Maxime pour prendre des nouvelles de l'occupation

In this episode, I open up those Satoshi case files. To start, I profile Satoshi and what attributes we are looking for in a potential Satoshi candidate. I then look at the evidence for Satoshi being crime kingpin Paul Le Roux. Then I take a look at Blockstream CEO Adam Black and the curious evidence for him being Satoshi. If you love my style of crypto education then you might want to watch my crypto YouTube videos. Be sure to check out my channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqK_GSMbpiV8spgD3ZGloSw)! Disclaimer: The information contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial legal or tax advice. The content of this podcast is solely the opinions of the speaker who is not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses a considerable risk of loss. The speaker does not guarantee any particular outcome.

In this episode, I tackle one of Bitcoin’s biggest mysteries: who the heck is Satoshi? First, I explain why you should care who Satoshi is and how this could impact on your portfolio. I then examine the cases for Dorian Nakamoto, Hal Finney, Nick Szabo and Paul Le Roux being the true Satoshi! If you love the sound of my voice then you’ll love my videos. Check them out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqK_GSMbpiV8spgD3ZGloSw)! Disclaimer: The information contained herein is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein shall be construed to be financial legal or tax advice. The content of this podcast is solely the opinions of the speaker who is not a licensed financial advisor or registered investment advisor. Trading cryptocurrencies poses considerable risk of loss. The speaker does not guarantee any particular outcome.

La historia de hoy parece salida de una película de Jason Bourne, pero les aseguro, es totalmente real. Hoy los vamos a dejar con Paul Le Roux, un emprendedor de internet que comenzó vendiendo medicamentos, pero terminó generando una organización internacional de asesinato, venganza y tráfico de armas oro y drogas. Brasil, África, Filipinas, Malasia, el lugar que se les ocurra estaba bajo los tentáculos de su cabal maligno. Sus asesinos, ex militares entrenados en combate y todo tipo de manejo de armas, podían llegar a quien fuera. Trataban con narcos, con las tríadas de Hong Kong, con Corea del Norte y con generales renegados iraníes. Esta organización llegaba a todos lados. Parecía invencible. Esta es la historia de cómo el mundo se enteró de su existencia, y de cómo cayó. Desde Radio Camacuá, para todo el mundo, esto es La Tortulia Podcast. Imagen: Cortesía de Caravantes. Fuentes / Textos - RATLIFF, Evan. (2019) The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. Random House. ASIN: B07G6X3Z47 - RATLIFF, Evan. (2016) The Mastermind. The Atavist Magazine. Fuentes / Podcast - REPLY ALL (2019) #136 The Founder. Gimlet Media. Fuentes / Sitios Web - Wikipedia Música: El tema de la Tortulia es una versión de Caravan por Oleg Zobachev. El tema original es de Duke Ellington. Bajo licencia Creative Commons. El tema de Rumbo a la Cancha es una versión de Espiral por Fitus Giusti. La versión original es de Dunne. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

La historia de hoy parece salida de una película de Jason Bourne, pero les aseguro, es totalmente real. Hoy los vamos a dejar con Paul Le Roux, un emprendedor de internet que comenzó vendiendo medicamentos, pero terminó generando una organización internacional de asesinato, venganza y tráfico de armas oro y drogas. Brasil, África, Filipinas, Malasia, el lugar que se les ocurra estaba bajo los tentáculos de su cabal maligno. Sus asesinos, ex militares entrenados en combate y todo tipo de manejo de armas, podían llegar a quien fuera. Trataban con narcos, con las tríadas de Hong Kong, con Corea del Norte y con generales renegados iraníes. Esta organización llegaba a todos lados. Parecía invencible. Esta es la historia de cómo el mundo se enteró de su existencia, y de cómo cayó. Desde Radio Camacuá (http://www.radiocamacua.uy/) , para todo el mundo, esto es La Tortulia Podcast. Imagen: Cortesía de Caravantes. Fuentes / Textos - RATLIFF, Evan. (2019) The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. Random House. ASIN: B07G6X3Z47 - RATLIFF, Evan. (2016) The Mastermind. The Atavist Magazine. Fuentes / Podcast - REPLY ALL (2019) #136 The Founder. Gimlet Media. Fuentes / Sitios Web - Wikipedia Música: El tema de la Tortulia es una versión de Caravan por Oleg Zobachev. El tema original es de Duke Ellington. Bajo licencia Creative Commons. El tema de Rumbo a la Cancha es una versión de Espiral por Fitus Giusti. La versión original es de Dunne.

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Last February, I interviewed Evan Ratliff, author of The Mastermind. The book tells the story of how lone programmer Paul La Roux, built an online drug empire responsible for dumping millions of pain pills into the U.S. La Roux enticed hundreds of doctors to take part in his scheme and wasn’t caught until 2012. During my interview with Ratliff, he speculated on how La Roux’s cooperation with the government to bring down the people in his organization would affect his sentencing. Last month we finally got our answer, as La Roux went before Judge Ronnie Abrams for sentencing. Today, we revisit our story on The Mastermind and talk with Evan Rattliff about the bizarre twists in the La Roux proceedings. For more on the Paul Le Roux story, and the fate of the mastermind, join us on this week’s PPT podcast episode.

The programmer who became a flagrant drug lord and weapons trafficker was sentenced in New York City to 25 years in prison.

No se pierdan este recorrido con las canciones que han acompañado a Jean Paul Leroux con un recorrido lleno de historias intensas e interesantes.

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency headlines Bitcoin is down 1% at $9,436 Ethereum is down 1% at $236 and XRP is down 1.5% at 19 cents Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Verge up 29% Siacoin up 15% and Baer Chain up 15% The New York Times has released details about its News Provenance Project. Paul Le Roux has been sentenced to a prison term. DADA art collective is exploring the intersection of protest and modern art on the blockchain.

Radicado en Mexico desde hace varios años, el destacado actor venezolano recuerda tiempos de trabajo en Venezuela, Colombia y Mexico. Enamorado de la actuación no ve en el descanso la manera de enfrentar los retos. Con discurso reflexivo y esperanzador, nos recuerda que si trabajamos con empeño, el éxito siempre llega. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/luis-enrique-sequera/message

This episode is brought to you by Kingpins, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Kingpins on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. At age thirty-three, Paul Le Roux had his hands in everything from gold to guns to illicit drugs. By early 2009, his pharmacy network, RX Limited, was bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars. But it was his doomed tuna fishing venture in Somalia that eventually led to his downfall.

This episode is brought to you by Kingpins, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Kingpins on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. He was an expert computer programmer and an early adopter of the internet. In the mid-2000s, Paul Le Roux made millions through online prescription drugs and helped contribute to the current opioid addiction crisis.

Paul Le Roux reigned over the black markets of the Dark Web for nearly a decade. In his time he did not shy from selling drugs, supplying Somali militias with guns, smuggling gold, or even murder. It took a volunteer from within his own organization to take him down. And even then, it wasn't easy.

We talk about major threats to security, mainly focussed on future threats and the reaction from security services. Some keywords are: Nuclear proliferation, robotic warfare, technology regulation, surveillance state, bioterrorism, and omniviolence. Subscribe Pocket Casts Spotify Stitcher Apple Podcasts Overcast Google Podcasts PlayerFM YouTube Show Notes Section I Future of Security Introduction: Emotional Reach, Classifying the Population, Keeping the Legitimacy 00:02:16 Crimes that really matter: How do security forces select the crimes they battle against, which ones are ignored. 00:02:33 Limitations of Crimefighting: War on drugs is ongoing, street robberies, etc. 00:03:30 State is focussing on crimes that risk itself, and on high public image. 00:04:30 Public percerption is high when public can identify and empathize with the victim (child abuse, burglary). 00:05:45 Germany: First case of predictive policing was burglary. 00:07:40 The victim matters / vulnerability: People do react less with assault of a 20-30 year old man, than with the elderly, women, or children. 00:09:13 Child porn is the universal crime where everybody gets behind the police, …and that is used for higher surveillance. Child pornography is the abdomination of the 21st century. 00:10:15 A lot of murder, a lot of kidnapping, a lot of burglaries etc, undermindes the belief in the state. Other crimes do not affect the trust so much, i.e. insurance fraud. Nobody’s sorry about big corporations being scammed. Systemic Risk Categories: Crimes That Matter First Example 00:11:34 First Example: Proliferation. Atomic weapon possession divide Good states from Bad States. 00:12:05 BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst) and Proliferation. 00:12:30 Enemy States cooperated at the fall of Soviet Block and UdSSR, because of Proliferation. 00:15:20 Blind field of Proliferation: Smuggling of Nuclear Material, Technology, Warheads. Sensor Networks to detect nuclear material (isotope scanners). 00:17:40 Rumors: Unofficial and missing warhead counts (former Soviet, US, Plane incidents over Mediterrean Sea). 00:20:04 Rumors: Cold War Soviet Union Sleeper Agents with Suitcase Bombs (not all recovered). 00:22:00 Small States profit from deterrent threat of Warheads, less likely to actually use them (cannot be retrieved). 00:22:50 Terrorist Organizations and Warheads: rely on secure territory (hollowed out state): Iran, Afghanistan, Mexico. 00:24:07 Example: Afghanistan tolerating Al-Qaeda and 9/11. 00:25:15 Just having the device doesn’t mean you’re able to trigger it: where is it from, maintenance, deploy (actors who follow through, reliable remote triggers), maybe a lot of the old warheads are not usable (physical trigger method is lost). Second Example 00:30:35 Second Example: Transnational Organized Crime (Narco Cartels, MS-13, Triads, etc). 00:32:00 Safe Havens (no-go-areas) by MS-13 and Al-Qaeda: low level of immunity and souvereignity. 00:35:35 Narco-Terrorism: Cooperations between terrorist organizations and pure criminal organizations. 00:36:50 Iran-Contra (Freedom Fighter VS Terrorist). 00:37:47 A scared population is more likely to use drugs. 00:38:25 Big criminal organizations undermine the state institutions: corruption, blackmail, threats. 00:39:35 Loyalty and Trust within Institutions is undermined, and thus the political head becomes just an illusion of power (Mexico, Miami in the 80s, etc). Third Example 00:37:47 Third Example: Bioterrorism. 00:43:12 CRISPR sequencing, “build your own smallpox”. 00:44:00 Non-state actors: Aum Shinrikyo (Aleph) and Tokyo Subway Attacks (Sarin Gas). 00:46:19 2001 Anthrax Attacks in the US. 00:47:16 Rumor: Wuhan might be a targeted virus attack, but it’s hard and too early to tell. 00:48:14 For states: bioweapons would also attack own citizens, unlimited transmission, contagion risks high (better: easy to contain, infectious chain are short and unstable). 00:49:30 Terrorists: cannot attach threats or demands, since viruses are non-attributable. Exceptions: doomsday sects, radical environmentalists. Wrap-Up Section I 00:50:47 Wrap-Up first Part: Crimes That Matter. All are technology supported crimes. 00:51:33 Transnational organized crime is a late development (cheap travels, cheap organization and management technologies, cheap communication), also a part of globalization. 00:52:49 Technological developments are supporting two classes of criminals: random criminals, child pornography. 00:53:05 Random Criminal: uses technology to amplyfy his effect. 00:53:25 Child Pornography: digital cameras and internet made it really problematic, because it became cheap and easy (all you need is a mobile phone). Section II Dystopian Side Cybercrime, Robotic Warfare, Omniviolence 00:56:38 Skimming: copying credit cards, via cheap tech from the darknet and Aliexpress. 00:58:35 Issue of non-attribution in Cybercrime: you don’t have to be very smart, you randomly target victims, plus degree of seperation (=every idiot can become a phisher). 00:59:34 High IQ cyber-criminals plus tech: bigger and much more efficient organizations are possible (Paul LeRoux). 01:01:10 Strategic thinking criminals: do no make random mistakes, access to cheap and easy components (Shenzhen), low morals, power-hungry individuals. 01:03:00 Omniviolence: Killer to killed persons ratio increases, systemic risks to countries, maybe entire planet (Example: nuclear and bio weapons). 01:04:22 Robotic warfare: Drones plus biometrics. 01:06:00 The State and Omniviolence: Intelligence services already working on it. Threat becomes increasingly realistic, while not being trivial to deal with, or understand. Thing that is most likely to shape the future. 01:07:19 Realistic scenario by now: Quadrocopter drones, single shot explosive inside, plus facial recognition (ESP32 development kit). 01:08:55 Ground based autonomous vehicles is in the future of next generation: DJi RoboMaster-s1, educational toy for children, available today. Already has face and object recognition, autonomy features. 01:10:21 Next 5-10 years: First autonomous robot school killing is realistic. 01:10:38 There happen to be people out there, who are relatively smart, and there happens to be a huge technological toolbox to select from. Given it enough intelligence, and enough energy, drive, and goals, you can be really dangerous these days. 01:11:10 Book: “Gefährliche Menschen (Dangerous Humans)” near-future dystopian world where the whole system is focussed on preventing omniviolence. 01:12:47 State tries to counteract omniviolence and others by regulating technology. Drugs and Butterflies 01:13:07 How can you control potentially dangerous people? 01:13:50 The tech industry and self-medicating with legal and illegal drugs, and an unrealistic dream. 01:15:38 Advertisement of drugs as “rebellious”. Drugs being marketed as rebellion,… (they) don’t help you to become an actual rebel, and actually being effective. 01:16:24 Academia: The clever people trap, researching butterflies (you are being seen and heard, aurelians and lepidopterists, and your work matters). Preventive detention 01:17:47 Preventive detention. “If I lock this person up, I can prevent crime in the future.” 01:19:05 Psychiatric detention, used to silence people and put them away (Gustl Mollath). 01:20:40 New preventive detention laws: limiting personal liberty to prevent crimes? Social and economic consequences. Surveillance, Cryptography, and Regulations 01:21:50 Surveillance is everywhere. 01:22:33 Growth of surveillance: Commercial interest, collecting data, nudging. 01:22:50 Using surveillance data for AI training, run through neural networks (health: predict illnesses), can also be used to predict behavior. 01:24:05 Nation-States surveil the shit out of everything to increase their security status (international trend). 01:24:17 New proposals for regulation, or ban, of face-recognition (EU, some US states). 01:25:00 Limitations of face-recognition: black people with dark skin. AI training sets are mostly light-skinned. 01:26:25 Why states might be open to proposals: Accusations of racial bias, easy thing to give up (it’s commercialized already, see ClearView AI). 01:27:17 Face Recognition Apps (Russia: FindFace App), Face Recognition Spiders (原谅宝官方 yuanliang bao guanfang, https://pornstarbyface.com/, https://deepmindy.com/) 01:28:13 Navigate the tech landscape through regulations: example drone sector. 01:31:00 Regulating cryptography: access to good cryptography for average joe is hard. 01:31:22 Even for relatively smart and motivated people, … implementing cryptographic systems by people who are not specialized in that, usually goes wrong. It’s really hard to build secure cryptographic software, even with libraries out there, etc. 01:33:20 Regulations of sales controls: example chemicals, pharmarcies. 01:34:00 State will increase security in the future by regulating technology (regulating both components and knowledge). 01:34:50 Dystopian Vision, “black ball events”: Omniviolence will be prevented by total surveillance combined with AI. (Bostrom: Vulnerable World Paper) 01:36:04 Anomaly detection: preventing anyone from building potentially threatening tech, without actually understanding or knowing what this tech is. 01:36:59 Securocrat’s decisions are based on body-count and not on life quality. 01:37:20 Some cattle farmer talk: Consume, pay taxes, and put your VR goggles on. 01:40:10 Preventing people who are too intelligent, too creative, from getting anywhere in life. 01:41:00 Cambridge Analytics for the Masses, Psychography: limit access, social scoring systems (today mostly reactive). 01:42:20 Predictive Technologies: sentencing rules in US. 01:43:20 Creativity problem: detect outliers, categorize in good or bad, adjust access to technology. (Ender’s Game pilots) 01:44:44 Already using licensing by personality: bank accounts, gun licenses. Where does the reliability score come from? Future might be more automated. 01:46:50 Future: Same thing, but advanced by modern technology. 01:47:08 Reactive scores, predicitive regulation: lawyers, MDs, pilot and weapon licenses. If you have a lot of points, they won’t give you the license. 01:47:32 e-Government: maybe no human judgement in the future needed. 01:49:00 Looking at the Chinese petri dish: since Wuhan epidemic, deploying surveillance is cranked up. 01:50:37 Data Analysis, Laboratory for Surveillance: Locking down neighborhoods, limit travel within city, using drones, using CCTV cameras to check masks and temperature, booking details, location tracking, etc. 01:55:00 Wuhan as a dystopian prison: at least as frightening as the pandemic. 01:56:03 Control ratio: the amount of people you need to control a huge population is going down. 01:56:20 Conflict Turkey-Syria, Idlib region: areal control by grenade launchers, automatically engaged. 01:58:48 South Korea Border Patrol Bots: automated targeting (Sentry SGR-A1, Hankook Mirae Method-2?) 01:59:33 UAV Drones: autonomous suicide drones, waiting for target or flying into target. 02:00:09 Germany declared AI a “critical defense technology” = weapon technology for killing people. Section III Less Dystopian Side 02:01:44 Donation Report 02:04:25 Forum/ BBS: Async.pre Frank and Smuggler answering your questions! 02:05:49 Question Section 02:05:57 Forum: How would the average aspiring second-realmer get their nym used in legal documents or at their work place? Is that a realistic goal? 02:14:00 Forum: I’d really like to see you guys cover the art of clandestine purchasing. For example, do 3D printers have hidden tracking codes like paper printers? Discussing details on aquiring something like this with a pre-paid credit card and how to ship it to a non-attributate address would be cool. 02:15:35 Forum: One Issue that I always find very hard is receiving shipments by mail. Not necessarily very illegal items, but maybe items you just don’t want to receive at an attributable adress and that are larger than what fits in a standard letterbox. How to receive things in another name and where with the least amount of trouble and risk? 02:20:25 Forum: How to beat facial recognition during drop-operations and otherwise? What methods are effective? How often worn outside the TAZ? 02:23:25 Twitter: How to go into darknet? Virtual box and TOR? Which OS? 02:25:27 Twitter: In terms of cyber-warfare, which state (or state proxy) has the most tactical technical capacity for attacks and defense? 02:33:55 Thoughts on accelerationism? 02:37:14 Mail: I find howtovanish.com very helpful, even though it is outdated and US-centric. Are there more current and EU-centric versions of the topic, how can I make my life as anonymous as possible? Minimum Wage Report 02:45:58 Minimum Wage Report Reading Recommendations “The Future of Violence” by Benjamin Wittes & Gabriella Blum. 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Since 1995, when the FDA approved OxyContin, igniting an opioid crisis, many bad actors have emerged willing to do almost anything to make a buck off the insatiable demand for opioids in our country. But none less known, and more destructive than Paul Le Roux. Born in Zimbabwe, Le Roux was a loner who became an expert software developer. Then, in 2004 he launched what would become the largest network of internet pharmacies in the world, supplying painkillers to millions of Americans each year. At the height of his operation, Le Roux was distributing up to 100 million doses of painkillers, roughly 25 percent of the annual volume of national drug store chains like Rite Aid. While LeRoux stayed largely under the radar, in 2014, he caught the attention of award-winning investigative journalist Evan Ratliff, launching his research into LeRoux’s little-known underworld. Over the next 4 years, Ratliff wrote: “The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. The incredible true story of the decade-long quest to bring down Paul Le Roux—the creator of a frighteningly powerful Internet-enabled cartel who merged the ruthlessness of a drug lord with the technological savvy of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.” Joining us on today’s podcast, Evan Ratliff shares Paul Le Roux’s improbable story and his influence on the opioid epidemic.

At age thirty-three, Paul Le Roux had his hands in everything from gold to guns to illicit drugs. By early 2009, his pharmacy network, RX Limited, was bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars. But it was his doomed tuna fishing venture in Somalia that eventually led to his downfall.

We talk about security and the current state of the security system (police, intelligence services, and the military). Subscribe Pocket Casts Spotify Stitcher Apple Podcasts Overcast Google Podcasts PlayerFM YouTube Show Notes What is security 00:02:05 What is security: Security VS Safety. Security: unexpected events that go back to an actor, Safety: maintaining a status. 00:07:20 Entropy: things decay. Security is not a natural state, but must be maintained. 00:09:10 Evil people: psychpaths, predators. 00:09:50 Circumstances: acting irrationally. 00:10:25 Hackers: Red Hats, joy of overcoming security systems. 00:11:11 WASP Privilege: no exposure to threats, stuff works most of the time, no incentive to learn about security. Systems 00:12:29 High trust society VS low trust society: Low trust comes with high cost and less functional societies. 00:16:16 Symptoms of societies with low trust: different environments are what make them. 00:16:50 Universal core values of humans: self-preservation, protecting family and friends, private zones, no drama. 00:18:05 High trust society needs maintenance, will get eroded quickly by few “bad actors”. 00:19:05 How can you turn a low security, low trust environment into a high security, high trust environment? Parallel developments also possible: high security, low trust societies. 00:19:40 Trust builds from history of interactions. 00:20:13 To change, bad memories must die (social memory). See Thomas Kuhn (1962): The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 00:22:10 Western states want to make people dependent on security (stateism) and increase state control. Thus, individuals externalize security, and state is presented as the White Knight. 00:25:15 Are we being played/gamed/manipulated by the state and state actors? 00:27:38 Just doing our jobs. 00:29:50 Machiavellianism: concepts how states can work. 00:31:20 Hegelian concepts: totalist and collectivist states and politics. 00:33:20 Look at systemic issues. Institutions 00:33:30 Inspecting institutions: 1) Police. 00:39:00 Policemen’s selection bias: everyone is a potential criminal or at least a suspect. 00:40:20 Documentation work of police activity by example of firing weapons. 00:42:30 Bureaucracy can work. 00:47:30 Police in uniform VS civilian police: both are for peace preservation. 00:48:00 Military is directed outwards. 00:49:00 Carl von Clausewitz: war is the extension of politics [original: war is the continuation of politics by other means]. 00:49:39 Border guards are the middle layer between military and police (control of territorial boundaries VS maintaining territorial integrity VS maintain security within the borders). Intelligence services 00:50:00 Intelligence services: Classification: Intelligence service for proper and covert action 00:51:00 Similarities and differences to Journalism: Are intelligence services also ad-driven? 00:51:48 Intelligence Agencies report only news that can be actionable. 00:53:40 Domestic and Foreign Intelligence Services. 00:54:20 Objective reporting: Not mission driven, but report driven. 00:54:41 Two classes of intelligence services: Report requests coming out of intelligence circle, or mission driven services (Bundesverfassungsschutz, for example). 00:56:30 FBI: police organization plus intelligence aspect. 00:57:05 Intelligence services are about information, other services are about action. 00:57:40 Staatsschutz and German Intelligence: police is for prevent and investigate crimes. 00:59:05 Forensics is for police, subversive or maybe illegal actions are for intelligence work. In Germany, it’s clearly seperated; in USA, not so much. 01:02:15 CIA: Considered as Intelligence Agency. Gather information is their mandate, not catch criminals. 01:05:10 Sending in intelligence to change things: huge toolkit to act available. 01:05:50 Intelligence and Military Covert Actions are not Security, but political action. However, it‘s a security issue for the other side. International organisations 01:06:47 International Security Organizations (Europol, Interpol). No police powers, limited investigation powers. 01:08:45 Working groups: example SIS (communicating warrants in EU). 01:09:58 Organizations: example Le Circle (high-ranking intelligence chiefs), Munich Security Forum (conference with high-level security chiefs). 01:15:00 Why is their image so skewed in the public? (The „Spy Story“) 01:18:00 Rubicon Series (2010) 01:19:25 CSI Series (2000) - all about forensic analysis of crime scenes, but in reality it‘s not the dominant part, only few questions can be answered. 01:21:28 Playbook crime following the standard model VS outliers. 01:22:55 Being secretive about methods means keeping the advantage from opponents: intelligence agencies VS intelligence agencies from other countries; police VS criminals. 01:23:40 Sources 1) Scientific Fields: Criminalistics, Criminology. (Education Material for people that train police, manuals and coursework can be brought on Amazon, also check out libraries). 01:25:34 Sources 2) Reports: Indictments, Warrants (a lot are public, depending on country). Caveat: contains successes and legal processes only. 01:27:08 Sources 3) Private Conversation with Policemen, Investigators, Intelligence People to get a more accurate picture about their work. Public private partnerships 01:29:39 Private Security Services. 01:30:45 Cybercrime Investigations: Takedown of Cyberpunker 2 (200 servers in a German bunker). 01:32:25 Private Companies helping the police in Cybercrime Investigation. 01:32:40 Analyzing digital evidence: Given to a lab from a private company. (Cyberforensics, not done by police) 01:34:18 White-Collar Crime: Fraud, Commercial Fraud cases etc. Corporate Investigators for hire: Forensic Accountants, etc. (Police work only for special investigator power, or force powers.) 01:37:10 Corporations can use private security services when police are bound legally (for example, in bribing), then sanatize the data and give it to the police. 01:41:28 Informal communication lines… like in every other industry. (But with special privileges: Police, Military, Intelligence) 01:43:04 Presumably Cardinal Richelieu: „If you give me (three, or two) six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find (seven reasons) something in them which will hang him.“, this quote might be originated by memorialist Françoise Bertraut de Motteville (1723), and was later paraphrased. 01:44:46 Real-life cases have a lot of ambiguity going on. It‘s a work of probabilities, not a binary process. 01:45:45 Can you cover up a crime as a non-corrupt policeman? 01:46:50 Private Security Services exploit the ambiguity of policework (someone bringing you from outside a full case, only verification needed, negative evidence often gets lost). 01:48:21 Political Aspect: which crimes are deemed important? 01:49:20 Lobbying and capital power: Intellectual Property Crimes. 01:50:44 Industry identifies perpretators and delivers them to police. 01:50:58 Filesharing: Machine investigating and filing reports, backchanneling, automated sting operation (example, IP-Echelon). 01:56:08 Private Agencies provide: Analysis of evidence, production of leads, investigation. 01:56:26 Money Laundering: not based on investigative results, but on information provided by for example NGOs (example, Transparency International). 01:59:28 Chain Analysis Companies produce risk scores for Cryptocurrency Adresses (public keys). 02:01:05 Face recognition to identify suspects: example, Clearview AI (finding people software) 02:02:20 Police relies on outside, unchecked influence: Private Actors (non-illegmitate). Private Intelligence 02:03:25 Recap of Episode: What outside input is influencing the police Policy definition Intelligence field 02:04:22 Tax crimes: special investigators who actively try to find criminals. 02:04:39 Organized Crime: preventitive task of police (dismantling organizations, Staatsschutz). 02:05:35 Civil Disobedience: infiltration by police and private companies. 02:07:00 Private Security: 3 categories private intelligence services private security services private military contractors. 02:09:38 Private Intelligence is information gathering. 02:09:53 Private Intelligence VS corporate espionage. 02:11:11 First example. 02:15:00 Why is there so much cheap spy tech for sale? 02:19:53 Second example: credit suisse incident. 02:21:12 Some serious health concerns for the operators and middlemen (in-betweens). 02:24:05 Birds of a feather flock together: blurry lines of corporate, state, and private decision makers (different sides of the law). 02:26:29 Book/Thesis: Stephan Blancke (2011): Geheimdienstliche Aktivitäten nicht-staatlicher Akteure (private intelligence activities by non-state actors) 02:27:11 Private inflitrators, informants and agent provocateurs. 02:28:10 Extinction rebellion and very active activists. 02:30:30 Capture bounties. 02:32:45 A quiet business: private infiltration intelligence services (IMSI-catchers) are often ex police, ex military etc. 02:34:40 Sharing information services between intelligence: 4 eyes, 14 eyes. 02:38:05 HCPP and game theory: will the cryptoanarchists ever get something done? 02:39:00 Today’s security system is like antique byzantine, easy to understand from outside, inside not easy to understand- even for the players themselves. 02:40:25 Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road made agents run with money—is it the only case, only in this direction? 02:42:00 State systems’ marketing: “protect and serve” by angels? But, ACAB is also wrong. 02:45:55 Take personal responsibility for own security. Outlook 02:48:40 Developments/outlook: technologies that make globalization possible, organizational technologies, reporting and communication. 02:50:25 Old days: reporting was sampling (today: big data, AI). 02:51:00 New incentive structures: financial markets. Old: financial markets were not global, slow. Today: Global financial markets mean indirect profit from activities like war, markets can be complex, distributed, longer reach. 02:52:50 Even dumb criminals can use smart technologies (Dropgangs). 02:54:00 The mastermind/ intelligent criminals VS random criminals: attribution becomes problematic (witness problem, no review pointers). 02:57:24 Book: Evan Ratliff (2019): The Mastermind. Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. (Paul LeRoux) Wrap up 03:00:59 Donation Report Reading Recommendations Thomas Kuhn (1962): The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Machiavelli Hegel Carl von Clausewitz Rubicon Series (2010) Stephan Blancke (2011): Geheimdienstliche Aktivitäten nicht-staatlicher Akteure (private intelligence activities by non-state actors) Evan Ratliff (2019): The Mastermind. Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. (Paul LeRoux) Discuss We’re on bbs.anarplex.net with our own board to discuss! Hosts Smuggler (Twitter) Frank Braun (Twitter) Contact Email: bitstream@taz0.org PGP fingerprint: 1C4A EFDB 8783 6614 C54D E230 2500 7933 D85F 2119 (key) Snail mail Bitstream Scanbox #06965 Ehrenbergstr. 16a 10245 Berlin Germany Please send us feedback letters, postcards, and interesting books. You can also send us your dirty fiat by cash in the mail! We take all currencies. 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He was an expert computer programmer and an early adopter of the internet. In the mid-2000s, Paul Le Roux made millions through online prescription drugs and helped contribute to the current opioid addiction crisis.

American bitcoiner TruthRaider talks about his hypothesis regarding Satoshi Nakamoto's identity, which involves Paul Le Roux. Also, he talks about Bitcoin adoption worldwide and the situation in Turkey.

Paul Le Roux, subject of the book and future TV series The Mastermind, is a real life bond villain. We talk to the author about the prospect of Le Roux as Satoshi and his thoughts on Bitcoin in general. You can listen to this podcast without having read the book, but make sure to buy and read it after. The recent Craig Wright lawsuit brought up the possibility of Le Roux being Satoshi. At the very least, there are a lot of coincidences. We didn't come to a definitive answer but, to me, it's the most compelling case I've ever heard.

This week in the news: - Justin Sun pays $4.5ml to have lunch with Warren Buffett. Possibly the worst candidate to shill the oracle of Omaha on crypto? - KIK refuse to back down to the SEC's claims that their ICO was an illegal security offering. - Peter McCormack finally hires some lawyers. - A conspiracy theory arises linking the criminal Paul Le Roux to Satoshi. - We deep dive into margin trading. The dos, donts and how to stay safe out there. Plus more!

This week the lads look at Paul Le Roux, the opioid slinging computer nerd who had his own militia and hit squad. He also buried gold all over the Philippines, because....well...we still cant work that out. Come see how Paul did it all from a windows 95 brick.

En digital true crime-historia om Paul Le Roux. Vår reporter Marcus har intervjuat den amerikanska journalisten Evan Ratliff som har skrivit boken "The mastermind". Boken handlar om hur programmeraren Paul Le Roux gick från att vara en idealistisk mjukvarubyggare till hjärnan bakom ett globalt, kriminellt imperium.

En digital true crime-historia om Paul Le Roux. Vår reporter Marcus har intervjuat den amerikanska journalisten Evan Ratliff som har skrivit boken "The mastermind". Boken handlar om hur programmeraren Paul Le Roux gick från att vara en idealistisk mjukvarubyggare till hjärnan bakom ett globalt, kriminellt imperium.

Fyrrverandi forseti Kosta Ríka Oscar Árias hefur verið sakaður um nauðgun og kynferðisofbeldi. Hann var forseti frá 1986 til 1990 og svo aftur frá 2006 til 2010. Árias fékk friðarverðlaun Nóbels 1987 fyrir að miðla málum í ýmsum borgarstyrjöldum í Mið - Ameríku á áttunda og níunda áratugnum. Nú er þessi mikla þjóðhetja sökuð um að hafa beitt þrítuga konu ofbeldi fyrir árið 2014. Oscar Árias þverneitar þessum ásökunum en málið hefur vakið mikla athygli um alla Mið - Ameríku. Freyr Eyjólfsson er í Kosta Ríka og sagði frá þessu máli. Hann talaði líka um græna ferðaþjónustu í landinu og mikla náttúrufegurð. - Dómur Mannréttindadómstóls Evrópu í Landsréttarmálinu er mál málanna þessa dagana. Fólk greinir á um eiginlega allt varðandi hann: Ágæti, þýðingu og áhrif. Og varla er til sá löglærði maður sem ekki hefur skoðun á málinu og á síðustu dögum höfum við fengið að heyra alls konar útlistanir á því. Valinkunnir fræðimenn koma saman í Háskóla Íslands í dag og ræða dóminn: Lagastofnun skólans stendur að málstofunni og formaður stjórnar hennar, og prófessor við lagadeildina, Ása Ólafsdóttir ræddi helstu álitaefni sem uppi eru.- Í tveimur nýútkomnum bókum er fjallað um lygilegt mál Paul Le Roux, Suður-Afríkumanns sem hóf starfsævina sem forritari en endaði sem alþjóðlegur stórglæpamaður. Hann smyglaði vopnum til Írans og Sómalíu, var í fíkniefnaviðskiptum í Norður-Kóreu, lét myrða að minnsta kosti sex manns og græddi gríðarháar fjárhæðir, áður en hann gerðist uppljóstrari fyrir bandarísk yfirvöld. Vera Illugadóttir sagði frá ævintýralegu lífshlaupi þessa manns eftir átta fréttirnar. - Sinfóníuhljómsveit Norðurlands fagnar 25 ára afmæli um þessar mundir. Starfsemin hefur gjörbreyst og verkefnum fjölgað eftir að hljómsveitin hóf að taka upp tónlist fyrir kvikmyndir og sjónvarpsþætti í menningarhúsinu Hofi. Hljómsveitin er skipuð hámenntuðum hljóðfæraleikurum og má segja að kvikmyndatónlist sé orðin ný atvinnugrein á Akureyri. Jón Þór Kristjánsson ræddi við Þorvald Bjarna Þorvaldsson, tónlistarstjóra Menningarfélags Akureyrar, og Kjartan Ólafsson, hornleikara, sem hefur fylgt hljómsveitinni frá upphafi. - Tónlist: Stan Getz - Waltz for lovely wife; Neil Young - Heart of gold.

The Worst Things About this Podcast, Totally Off Topic Editorial About Dead Babies, Other Things That Annoy Listeners? Leaving Neverland, Happy Death Day 2U, Magenta Devine, Jan-Michael Vincent, SpaceX Dragon Docks with ISS, Paul Le Roux, Aviar R67 Electric Muscle Car, a Smidgen about Tesla's New Model 3, and Bugger all about Geneva Motor Show, Chrome Music Lab, Metal Lord Font, Horror Fonts, Podcast Production Metadata Pro Tip, Windy Weather Talk

The Worst Things About this Podcast, Totally Off Topic Editorial About Dead Babies, Other Things That Annoy Listeners? Leaving Neverland, Happy Death Day 2U, Magenta Devine, Jan-Michael Vincent, SpaceX Dragon Docks with ISS, Paul Le Roux, Aviar R67 Electric Muscle Car, a Smidgen about Tesla's New Model 3, and Bugger all about Geneva Motor Show, Chrome Music Lab, Metal Lord Font, Horror Fonts, Podcast Production Metadata Pro Tip, Windy Weather TalkShow Notes: https://roymathur.com/podcast/2019-03-11-captain-roys-rocket-radio-show.txt

The Worst Things About this Podcast, Totally Off Topic Editorial About Dead Babies, Other Things That Annoy Listeners? Leaving Neverland, Happy Death Day 2U, Magenta Devine, Jan-Michael Vincent, SpaceX Dragon Docks with ISS, Paul Le Roux, Aviar R67 Electric Muscle Car, a Smidgen about Tesla's New Model 3, and Bugger all about Geneva Motor Show, Chrome Music Lab, Metal Lord Font, Horror Fonts, Podcast Production Metadata Pro Tip, Windy Weather TalkShow Notes: https://roymathur.com/podcast/2019-03-11-captain-roys-rocket-radio-show.txt

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Can a reclusive coder become a criminal mastermind?: Journalist and author Evan Ratliff spent four years piecing together the story of Paul Le Roux, a programmer who began by selling hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of painkillers through an online prescription drug network— but he didn't settle. The rest of Le Roux’s story spirals into a grim parody of startup culture not even a novelist could’ve dreamed up. In this episode Paul and Rich sit down with Ratliff to discuss his new book, The Mastermind, the true account of the decade-long pursuit of Le Roux. What happens when expertise on information security and internet infrastructure falls into the wrong hands? What could have become of the villainous tech-savvy entrepreneur? What can the tech world take away from this eerie chain of events? Links: Evan Ratliff Evan Ratliff on Twitter The Mastermind by Evan Ratliff The Mastermind on Amazon Evan Ratliff’s piece on Wired Paul Le Roux on Wikipedia E4M on Wikipedia

We'll be the first to admit that the Most Useful Podcast Ever doesn't pursue a lot of hard-hitting journalism, but that's ok, because this week's guest, Elaine Shannon, certainly does. She came upon the story of criminal mastermind Paul Leroux while tracking the drug trade in Afghanistan, and eventually wrote a book—Hunting LeRoux: The Inside Story of the DEA Takedown of a Criminal Genius and His Empire—with the help of the DEA agents who took him down (two of whom also joined us for this week's podcast). Also on this episode: Sinks and toilets, sawdust, and the Houston rodeo. 

Rebecca teases the upcoming supplemental episodes of In the Dark, Lara gets sick, Toby has further thoughts on Maura Murray, and Kevin explains his fear of being blown up by his snow blower. The panel discuss "The Founder," the latest episode of Reply All in which we learn the incredible life of crime of Paul Le Roux. It's a good tale about the super-villain you’ve never heard of.  Then the Crime Writers talk about TNT's “I Am the Night,” a limited series based on the life story of Fauna Hodel and starring Chris Pine. The show sways between noir and surrealism, looking to tell Fauna’s unbelievable life story in a believable way.   TO HEAR THE SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "I AM THE NIGHT," GO TO 58:10.. In Crime of the Week: smoke 'em if you got 'em. SPONSORS THIS EPISODE Brooklinen - get the $20 off AND free shipping with our promo code at Brooklinen.com “Crimes of Passion” – listen now at parcast.com/passion Joybird – go to joybird.com/crime to get 25% off your first order Brandless – go to Brandless.comcrime for free shipping on orders of $48 or more ButcherBox - for 2 free filet mignons, free bacon and $20 off your order, go to ButcherBox.com/CWO and enter the promo code Betterhelp - get 10% off your first month with our discount code at betterhelp.com/crime Support the show.

HUNTING LEROUX: The Inside Story of the DEA Takedown of a Criminal Genius and His Empire (Morrow, 2/19/19, 9780062859136, $27.99), is the story of Paul LeRoux, a tech entrepreneur-turned-arms-merchant captured while creating an “Everything Store” to serve rogue nations, warlords, insurgencies, transnational organized crime, and anyone with money. LeRoux’s business empire, spanning every continent but Antarctica, is a journey into a vast underground that most people don't know exists and that is driving wars and terrorism. It is being made into a major motion picture by the famed writer-director-producer Michael Mann.

Filmmaker Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Heat, The Insider) and investigative author Elaine Shannon on the DEA's global pursuit of elusive evil-genius drug and weapons kingpin Paul Le Roux. Murder. Encryption. Coercion. Evasion. Corruption. N. Korea. Liberia. Missiles. It's quite stranger than fiction.

"Hunting LeRoux" tells the story of Paul LeRoux, the twisted-genius entrepreneur and cold-blooded killer who brought revolutionary innovation to international crime, and the exclusive inside story of how the DEA’s elite, secretive 960 Group brought him down. In development as a major motion picture by Michael Mann, investigative journalist Elaine Shannon takes a deep dive into the shadowy world of LeRoux. Tune into author Shannon, filmmaker Mann, former case agent Tommy Cindric and DEA agent Lou Milione as they told this story at BUILD.

The story of a person who wanted to change the world using the internet — by committing crimes on an unprecedented global scale. Check out Evan's book on Paul Le Roux, The Mastermind, here. 

Chaque année, durant le mois de Novembre, les hommes du monde entier sont invités à se laisser pousser la moustache. Cette action à pour but de sensibiliser l'opinion publique sur les problèmes de santée auxquels sont confrontés les hommes. Durant ce mois de nombreuses actions sont menées afin de lever des fonds pour aider la recherche et la mise en place de solution. Cette année, L'Eau Tarie s'engage ! Paul Leroux vous explique tout. Pour aller plus loin : https://www.facebook.com/events/256265375084177/https://fr.movember.com/

Paul Le Roux started out as a brilliant computer programmer who developed some of the strongest encryption software ever created. But that life was not good enough for him. In the mid-2000's, Paul began to dabble in criminal activity. Within 10 years, he had single handedly created one of the most ruthless criminal cartels ever. A few years ago, atavist.com's CEO and founder Evan Ratliff began a 2 year quest to find out how this seemingly ordinary guy suddenly became one of the most notorious criminal kingpins in history. His findings were compiled into the 7-part series titled "The Mastermind". https://mastermind.atavist.com