One Mistake Took Down a 29-Yr-Old Dark Web Drug Lord

Do you agree with the judge's sentence? CORRECTIONS: Ulbricht attended the University of Texas at Dallas, not Austin. He was born on March 27, not March 17. If you enjoyed this video, check out my latest video on how the world's greatest hacker manipulated everyone: https://youtu.be/aLUDhbQojxA

So basically after years of dea and fbi investigations an irs agent found him by googling him. I feel like that should be a major moral to the story.

It's crazy to think that former government employees can get like 6 years in prison for stealing literally from the government, and people who sell crack, even small can get life.

DEA: how dare he sell more drugs than us! Book him.

Never challenge a government to a fight on who is the best drug dealer .

What is sad is drug dealers spend more time in prison for selling to adults who choose to buy this crap then a pedophile, who forces himself upon a child and destroys his or her identity and worth. It literally makes me sick

What did we learn from this? Be an FBI agent when you commit crimes because you can avoid a shit ton of jail time.

It's really wonderful to come across people who freely share valuable information online. You never know what kind of knowledge you might stumble upon that could have a lasting impact on your life.

To everyone wondering why he got such a harsh sentence, there are three reasons. 1. The judge said she wanted to make an example out of him as a deterrent against others 2. The murder-for-hire charges were dropped, but judges can and in this case did, consider uncharged allegations in your sentence as aggravating factors 3. He was offered a plea deal, but turned it down and took his chances at trial (The feds have a 95% or higher conviction rate). If you do that, they always throw the book at you and pursue the maximum possible sentence. I’m not justifying it, just explaining the reasons.

That judgement was too harsh. Even murderers get out of prison quickly and giving interviews on how they commited that murder.

Ulbrict should've become a cop first. That way he would've gotten a more lenient sentence.

Amazing how he turned his life around, changed his name and became one of Hollywood’s A-list actors. Respect Robert Pattinson

They tried to make an example out of him with that sentence. But boy oh boy that back fired. There were so many marketplaces once the silk road when down. It was like roger starting a pirate era

The judge admitted her main motivation was to prevent ‘disruption to the social fabric’, rather than justice. Says it all.

i actually thought his plea to the judge to be released in old age was really beautifully written. edit: i see so many people arguing in the responses to my comment that he deserves to rot in jail. my comment wasn't pro or con on that. i was just admiring the aesthetics of his poetry.

only governments are allowed to deal drugs unpunished. no wonder silk road hit the nerve so badly.

I'm 63 years old and I don't know what I just watched, but it was great! Millennials and beyond ROCK!

Life without parole. That’s much longer then most drug dealers. Plus without the murders, violence that comes with being a major drug dealer. They wanted to make an example of him.

“52 undercover purchases” yeah okay , man was getting his fix with the cops blessing 😭😂

the government was only concerned because they weren't getting their cut.