The founder of the online drug market Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, was sentenced by a US federal court to billions of life without parole. right appeal.
Ulbricht also heard several other convictions.
One of them reported losing 184 from 187 million dollars that he won from his website two years ago.
Ulbricht was convicted of: Internet drug trafficking, conspiracy to demovement drugs, hacking, money laundering and running a criminal enterprise that netted him $1.200 billion in Bitcoins.
This sentence exceeds the mandatory minimum of 20 years for the above crimes, despite the defendant's apology and appeal for leniency.
Recall that with the nickname Dread Pirate Roberts, ο Ulbright ήταν ο Admin of Silk Road from 2011 to 2013. Silk Road was an online drug market hosted on DarkNet.
Ulbricht's lawyer said he would appeal.