Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for charges including narcotics distribution, computer hacking, and money laundering, stemming from his operation of the Silk Road website

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May 29, 2015 - 12:00am

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After the FBI located the Silk Road’s server in Iceland in 2013 and arrested then 29-year-old Ulbricht in San Francisco, he was convicted on seven charges relating to the distribution of narcotics, money laundering, and computer hacking, as well as a “continuing criminal enterprise” statute—sometimes known as the “kingpin statute”—usually reserved for mob bosses and cartel leaders. In 2015, he was sentenced to life in prison, a punishment beyond even the 20-plus years that prosecutors in the case requested.

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