Ross Ulbricht, 31, who founded the secretive website Silk Road, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, a sentence his attorney calls “unreasonable, unjust, unfair.”
Silk Road, which was shutdown by federal officials in 2013, amassed over $187 million while Ulbricht was in charge, primarily through illegal drug sales. Government estimates put the total number of illegal drug transactions that have occurred on Silk Road at $1.2 billion.
Ulbricht was sentenced to two terms of life in prison without parole, in addition to three lesser sentences.
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