The Silk Road darknet site was shut down by law enforcement officials in 2013. (Source: FBI) A key player in the now-defunct "Silk Road" darknet marketplace who hid his involvement with the creation and operation of the website has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for making false statements to federal investigators, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Michael R. Weigand, who went by the online handle "Shabang," was sentenced Friday, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which oversaw the case, reports. He pleaded guilty in September to con...