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The Pomp Podcast

#1120 Chris Tarbell | Former FBI Agent On Early Bitcoin & Silk Road Takedown

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Chris Tarbell is a former FBI Agent and the Founder of NAXO Cybersecurity. In this conversation, we talk about his time at the FBI & the stories behind the takedown of "Silk Road" and the arrest of Ross Ulbricht. We also get into current cybersecurity threats for individuals and nation states.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp

0:07.4

podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Now let's kick this thing off. Chris Tarbell is a former FBI agent,

0:13.7

and now the founder of Naxo, cybersecurity firm. In this conversation, we talk about his time at the FBI,

0:21.8

where he helped take down Lulsec, Silk Road, he arrested Ross Ulbrick, and much more. And then we also talk about many

0:27.9

of the cyber threats that face companies and individuals today. I enjoyed this conversation

0:32.5

with Chris, and I hope you guys enjoy it as well. We tried to get into some of the nuances and

0:37.2

some of the controvers and some of the

0:37.5

controversies that surround some of his work at the FBI and how he thinks about many of the

0:42.1

different topics and events that he's been a part of. In this conversation, keep in mind that we

0:48.1

don't have all the answers. I definitely don't. I don't think Chris would claim that he does either.

0:52.4

So once you get done listening, jump on Twitter.

0:54.7

Let us know what you think about the conversation, what you agreed with, and what you didn't.

0:58.0

All right, let's get in this episode with Chris.

0:59.5

I hope you guys enjoy this one.

1:00.9

Anthony Pompliano runs Pomp Investments.

1:03.5

All views of him and the guests on his podcast are surely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of pomp investments you should not treat any

1:11.3

opinion expressed by pomp or his guest as a specific inducement to make a particular investment

1:16.3

or follow a particular strategy but only as an expression of his personal opinion this podcast

1:21.6

is for informational purposes only all right guys bang bang i've got chris here with me uh you are

1:27.4

known as the guy who took

1:28.3

down a bunch of these bad people on the internet. Some people think they're bad. Some people

1:32.3

think they're not. It's all super controversial. You've had incredible experiences, both I think

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