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Silk Road founder's top lieutenant sentenced to 20 years for role in dark web drug market

  • Roger Thomas Clark served as security consultant and advisor to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.
  • Clark played pivotal role in building and running Silk Road, the first dark web drug market.
  • He was involved in murder-for-hire plot against a Silk Road employee, though killing was faked.
  • Clark argued Silk Road reduced violence and sale of tainted drugs, but judge gave 20 year sentence.
  • Clark was extradited from Thailand and forfeited over $1.6 million in crime proceeds.
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