Variety Jones, the No. 2 figure in "Silk Road" in the black drug market, was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

CTOnews.com, July 12 (Xinhua)-- "Silk Road", a notorious large black net drug market, was shut down a decade ago under the coordination of the Federal Bureau of investigation. Ross Ulbricht, the number one person in the black market, was arrested and sentenced to life in prison at the same time as the closure of the website.

Roger Thomas Clark, the second-in-command of Silk Road, also known as Variety Jones, was tracked down two years after the website was shut down and was eventually arrested in Thailand. Clark was sentenced to 20 years in prison today, according to Wired, a magazine, and went to a federal prison with his former boss.

▲ Touyuan Roger Thomas Clark of the Federal Bureau of investigation is a 62-year-old Canadian national. He pioneered an online illegal drug sales model based on anonymity and cryptocurrency, which still exists on the dark Internet.

It is reported that Clark provided Ulbricht with advice on "Silk Road" website security vulnerabilities, technical infrastructure, rules between users and suppliers, sales promotion and so on. In addition, Clark helped Ulbricht hire a programmer to help improve and maintain the site's infrastructure.

Judge Sidney Stein said in his sentence that "Clark mistakenly translated his belief that drugs should be legalized into substantive help to criminal organizations, resulting in a series of illegal acts."

Sidney Stein also said that Clark clearly intends to participate in the operation of the Silk Road website, and the verdict must reflect the inevitable consequences of his role as the leader of a large criminal organization.

At the end of the trial, Roger Thomas Clark was sentenced to confiscation of $1.6061 million (CTOnews.com) of ill-gotten gains and sentenced to 20 years in prison and three years of detention after his release.

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