Threat Management

NEWS ALERT: Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison

Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind behind dark web marketplace Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.

In addition to his prison sentence, he will be required to pay the government $183,961,921, or the equivalent of the drug and fake identification transactions from the site. 

He was initially convicted in February.

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