Born on March 27, 1984, in Austin, Texas, Ross Ulbricht was a bright student who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and earned a full academic scholarship to the University of Texas at Dallas. He ...

For years, the crypto community had been calling for Ulbricht to be freed after a judge in 2015 sentenced him to life in prison. Who’s Ross? Ross William Ulbricht, 40, grew up in Austin, Texas, and ...

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President Trump signed a full pardon Tuesday evening for the founder of the dark web marketplace, Silk Road, which facilitated, among other things, the sale of narcotics using cryptocurrency, Ross ...

This story has been updated to include video. President Donald Trump has pardoned Austin native Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug marketplace Silk Road. Trump announced the ...

President Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of notorious 2010s drug trafficking website Silk Road, on Tuesday. Ulbricht, 40, was serving a life sentence in federal prison following his ...

Born to Lyn and Kirk Ulbricht in March 1984, Ross Ulbricht grew up in Austin, Texas. He spent a portion of his life, including middle school, high school, and university days, within the area of Texas ...

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 ...

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Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug marketplace Silk Road, received a full and unconditional pardon on Tuesday from President Donald Trump, who announced the move in a Truth Social post ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a “full and unconditional pardon” of Silk Road drug marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht, who was serving two life sentences in prison for charges ...

But the Silk Road, one of the first and most notorious dark web markets, soon spiralled into a criminal empire worth millions, transforming its founder Ross Ulbricht into a ruthless cybercriminal ...