Ulbricht, known by the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts,” founded Silk Road in 2011. Its services were available globally and could be accessed via a Tor browser, which protects users’ anonymity.

United States President Donald Trump declared a pardon for the founder of the underground illicit drugs marketplace Silk Road as part of a raft of sweeping announcements during the first two days ...

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he issued a pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison nearly a decade ago for creating the Silk Road, a website law enforcement called the ...

ruling that Silk Road was "destructive to our social fabric." Libertarian cause célèbre Ulbricht has become a cause célèbre for the libertarian movement. The Libertarian Party, which has long ...

By David Yaffe-Bellany and Ryan Mac President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug ... destructive to our social fabric.” At least six deaths ...

By Aaron Couch Film Editor After more than a decade of inspiring feature films, documentaries, books and podcasts, Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht will tell his story in an upcoming documentary he ...

Donald Trump has announced a ‘full and unconditional’ pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the dark web drug market known as The Silk Road. Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 and sentenced to ...

Ulbricht had been serving a life sentence for his role in founding and operating the dark web marketplace Silk Road. As Trump put it in a Truth Social post: "in honor of [his mother Lyn Ulbricht ...

President Trump announced Tuesday that he signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road founder who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of running the dark web ...