The founder of the online drug market Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, was sentenced by the US federal court to two life sentences without the right of appeal.
Ulbricht also heard several other sentencing decisions.
One of them reported that he is losing $184 out of the $187 million he earned from his website two years ago.
Ulbricht was convicted of: online drug trafficking, conspiracy to traffic drugs, hacking, money laundering, and operating a criminal enterprise that yielded him a profit of $1.2 million in Bitcoins.
This sentence exceeds the mandatory minimum of 20 years for the aforementioned crimes, despite the defendant's plea and his request for lenient treatment.
Recall that under the pseudonym Dread Pirate Roberts, Ulbright was the administrator of Silk Road from 2011 to 2013. Silk Road was an online drug marketplace hosted on the DarkNet.
Ulbricht's lawyer said he will file an appeal.
