NEW YORK—Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison Friday, following a jury's finding in February that the 31-year-old was the mastermind behind the Silk Road, once the Internet's largest online drug marketplace.
Operating online as "Dread Pirate Roberts," Ulbricht worked with a small staff to control everything sold on the site. He was arrested in October 2013, and the government made its case against him during a three-week trial here earlier this year.
Ulbricht pleaded for leniency during the hearing. "I wish I could go back and convince myself to take a different path," he said.
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