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Ross Ulbricht, also known as "Dread Pirate Roberts," operated the Dark Web marketplace known as Silk Road between 2011 and 2013, when law enforcement shut the site down and arrested him at a California public library.
At the time of his sentencing in San Francisco in 2015, Ulbricht was 31 years old. He was convicted of distributing narcotics, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiring to commit computer hacking, and conspiring to create fake identities and launder money. He was sentenced to life in prison.
