Was he found guilty of facilitating murder for hire and people were actually killed?
The murder thing was never raised or charged. As far as I can remember one 'murder' was supposedly staged by law enforcement. Others were paid for but the police never found any evidence or trace of anything actually happening. It's rather easier to accept a load of money and pretend to kill someone than actually do it.
There were no actual murders because DPR paid for the hits but the 'hitmen' were undercover cops who then staged the photos of the murders to prove to DPR they did it. However, those same cops were also corrupt officers so the charges likely wont stick or be dropped but this doesn't change the fact that DPR ordered the hits and was seemingly ok with it once they'd happened.
He probably thought he was invulnerable like everyone else who gets caught. It does boggle the mind a bit. He should've done a runner a long, long time before.
I think you hit the nail on the head. He was way too cocky in his own cleverness. I mean reading the Wired article of the FBI agent's account of events shows he was over confident. On the day of the arrest the agent realized too late he was walking right past Ross looking like a cop, carrying a laptop, and Ross didn't even notice him. I mean, come on.
I still think the feds chose to bust his ass cause Ross was turning into a greedy pig upping the vendor fees yet again. lol
I picked 30... it maybe more than that though.
I imagine they will appeal it.
I'm sure they wont appeal, he has given up on fighting, he wrote a letter to the judge asking for as little time as possible
Of course he will appeal. How has he given up fighting? The apology is the only thing he can do before his sentencing to try reduce the amount of time he gets. The appeal then comes after.