Silk Road mastermind Ulbricht found guilty on all counts

A New York City jury convicted Ross Ulbricht on seven criminal counts Wednesday, threatening to potentially impose a life sentence on the supposed founder of the Silk Road website. Though the 30-year-old’s defense team called into question the tactics with which the FBI obtained their evidence connecting Ulbricht to the “deep web” site, jurors deliberated for only 3.5 hours before finding him guilty of narcotics trafficking conspiracy, continuing a criminal enterprise, computer hacking conspiracy and money
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