"The Silk Road" may end up in prison for obscure Web site creator
Ross Ulbricht, head of site "Silk Road" â€" "the silk route" â€" was recognized guilty of seven crimes, including drug trafficking, money laundering and computer hacking, the process started in mid-January. The sentence should be known in the coming days.Ross's mother, Lyn Ulbricht, criticizes the decision of the judge of the Court of New York, "is a totally unfair process. Three of our witnesses were refused as well as many of the evidence in our favor. And most of the evidence were skewed to show only one aspect of site activity ".According to the indictment, the site had recorded more than a million drug transactions in three years of existence."The ' Dread Pirate Roberts ' â€" the pseudonym Ross â€" thought you could escape at any persecution, but we showed that it was possible to identify users of the website and email addresses to pursue these users", says Peter Skinner.The Internet site "Silk Road", housed in the so-called "dark area" of the network, allowed individuals sell illegal products, drugs and weapons even hitters.American Justice tells of an exemplary sentence after the FBI have blocked the site, which would have guaranteed the Ross a fortune of more than 18 million dollars.
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