A California man behind the website Silk Road, once a thriving online black market for the sale of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other drugs and illicit goods, was convicted on Wednesday of all seven counts related to the enterprise.
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The four most serious counts carried potential life sentences. One charge, that Mr. Ulbricht engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise, carries a minimum sentence of 20 years; the other three counts carry a minimum sentence of 10 years.
