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| Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison over creation of 'dark web' marketplace | |
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| Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous Silk Road internet marketplace, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Manhattan judge, nearly four months after he was found guilty on all counts, the Wall Street Journal reported. | Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous Silk Road internet marketplace, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Manhattan judge, nearly four months after he was found guilty on all counts, the Wall Street Journal reported. |
| Ulbricht, 30, ran Silk Road, an online black market where users could anonymously buy drugs, weapons and other illicit goods, from 2011 until 2013, when he was caught at a San Francisco library logged into the website. | Ulbricht, 30, ran Silk Road, an online black market where users could anonymously buy drugs, weapons and other illicit goods, from 2011 until 2013, when he was caught at a San Francisco library logged into the website. |
| The defence claimed that Ulbricht started Silk Road as an economic experiment, but handed it off to others after a few months, before being lured back to the site to be set up as a fall guy when prosecutors were closing in. | The defence claimed that Ulbricht started Silk Road as an economic experiment, but handed it off to others after a few months, before being lured back to the site to be set up as a fall guy when prosecutors were closing in. |
| Vice News reported that Ulbricht’s family plans to appeal the sentencing. | Vice News reported that Ulbricht’s family plans to appeal the sentencing. |
| Breaking: Ross Ulbricht, mastermind behind Silk Road, sentenced to life in prison. Family told @vicenews they plan to appeal. Story to come! | Breaking: Ross Ulbricht, mastermind behind Silk Road, sentenced to life in prison. Family told @vicenews they plan to appeal. Story to come! |