By Staff Writer

Ross Ulbricht, founder of the online drug black market the Silk Road, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Manhattan judge.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ulbricht, 31, was given the most severe sentence possible for his role in creating and running the underground marketplace.

Hidden on the so-called ‘dark web’, the Silk Road allowed users to anonymously buy drugs, weapons and other illicit goods, from 2011 until Ubricht’s arrest in 2013.

It was shut down when Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and he was subsequently found guilty of charges including conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, money laundering and Read full story ›

Source: The Drum