Friday, May 29, 2015

Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison


BREAKING
May 29 2015, 4:15 pm ET

Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht

Sentenced to Life in Prison

by Julianne Pepitone


Ross Ulbricht, the convicted operator of the underground online black market Silk Road, was sentenced Friday to life in prison, according to WNBC.
That was the maximum sentence Ulbricht faced for seven federal convictions including narcotics trafficking, computer hacking, running a criminal enterprise and money laundering.
Ulbricht, 31, had been convicted in February 2015 on all counts he faced for his role in operating Silk Road -- and facilitating what investigators say totaled more than $200 million in anonymous online drug sales using the digital currency bitcoin. The New York City jury of six men and six women took only a few hours to deliberate and convict Ulbricht on all charges.

This is an "interesting" story...  you might want to check it out
Two cops investigating also got hooked and are going to jail.

In addition.. in this article is a video. It is titled:
Secrets of the Hidden Internet Explained
It is a series of "shorts" with BIG info..
If you let it roll you will hear some really good info.

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/silk-road-mastermind-ross-ulbricht-sentenced-life-prison-n366636

1 comment:

Freewill said...

Government don't like competition!