Ross Ulbricht, the convicted operator of the underground online black market Silk Road, was sentenced Friday to life in prison, according to WNBC.
Ulbricht received the maximum sentence he faced for seven federal convictions on counts 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, on which illegal drugs, weapons, IDs and other items were sold. At that time, the New York City jury of six men and six women took only a few hours to deliberate and convict Ulbricht on all charges.
On Friday, reporters stationed at the Manhattan courthouse reported some family members of Silk Road customers who died of drug overdoses gave statements before the sentencing.
But U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest was unmoved by Ulbricht’s tears and pre-sentencing plea for leniency.








