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dangerous than DPR had ever imagined. But there were other clues online that painted a picture of a
broken man who hid behind a computer with one goal: to torment the world.
Or maybe the Internet allowed him to be both.
Stories about Clark and his identities go back decades online. Some allege that Clark was once
the most powerful weed dealer in Europe. Others talk about people who crossed him and whom he
had sent to jail in a setup. One person alleged that he was multiple people and that the real Roger
Thomas Clark died many years ago. Other tales about Clark and his early associates are rife with
theft, murder, drug busts, shoot-outs, and international intrigue.
Clark himself, or at least a version of himself, has claimed in the past that he has multiple
sclerosis; that his muscles are wasting away; that he suffers from muscle cramps, spasms, or
twitching; and that “any 7 year old kid in a playground could beat the heck out of me, without having
to put down their ice cream.” He is believed to have family abroad, in England and Canada, some in
Scotland too, none of whom he has spoken to in years.
By all accounts Clark was someone to be wary of.
In 2006 a reporter for High Times, a magazine devoted to marijuana, wrote a story about a
collection of characters who used to sell weed seeds on online forums, and while the reporter spoke
to a number of people for the article, he chose not to interview Clark, whom he thought of as a
dangerous puppet master. The man now known as Variety Jones was known to infect people’s
computers with viruses and to tell long and elaborate stories, and no one really knew whether they
were true—except, of course, for Roger Thomas Clark.
When Clark was arrested in Thailand, the agents snapped a photo of him with a smartphone, and
the message was sent to their counterparts in the United States. In the grainy, low-resolution image a
disheveled and broken man peered up at the camera through his droopy eyes. His gaunt, ravaged body
looked like it belonged to a man who had been to hell and back and who had loved every moment of
the trip.
Now that man is sitting in the Bangkok Remand Prison. There, a team of lawyers are fighting his
extradition to the United States, where he will stand trial for narcotics trafficking and money
laundering and could face life in prison.