"Biggest dealer" on Silk Road gets just 10 years

[StoneHappyMonday]

Full article

Cornelis Jan Slomp, the Dutchman who became the biggest seller of illegal drugs on the so-called Deep Web marketplace Silk Road, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/silk-...-10-years-in-prison-2015-5?r=US#ixzz3bXfcCG22

Ross Ulbricht to be sentenced later today.

 

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the man behind supertrips pleaded guilty to selling drugs in 2014, accepting a plea agreement for a more lenient sentence than the maximum of 40 years he could have faced, the chicago tribune reported. He told us prosecutors he was prepared to testify against alleged silk road creator ross ulbricht, but ultimately he was not called as a witness.the sun-times reports that slomp told us district judge matthew kennelly on thursday that he felt "ashamed and embarrassed" of his crimes. He went on to tell the judge, "i don't think any of this could have happened without the anonymity of the internet.
it was recommended that slomp serve his time in a dutch prison.

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[Burnt Offerings]

Ah yes, that goddamn anonymity of the internet!

 

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Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison

(according to WIRED several other sources)

no surprise..

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

Confirmation - Ross gets Life

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

Haha, good luck with getting that one past the BL no sources rule! Sauciest post ever. Love it.

 

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^ it was from the Economist...gone now..