The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among other products.

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for drug trafficking, computer hacking, and money laundering.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others ...

Ulbricht supporters including the Silk Road founder’s mother, the Libertarian Party, and crypto activists lobbied Trump for years to pardon Ulbricht, and secured commitments from presidential ...

The Silk Road site was set up by Ulbricht in 2011 on the dark web, a part of the internet that's inaccessible to traditional search engines. It did not accept cash or credit cards; users had to ...

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 ...

Ross Ulbricht, founder of the now-defunct darknet drug market previously known as Silk Road, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him free and hinted at his future plans in a video posted to X.

Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.

Topline. P resident 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 ...

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug marketplace Silk Road, received a full and unconditional pardon on Tuesday from ...

Ulbricht was convicted for being the founder of the dark website Silk Road. REUTERS. Ulbricht had unsuccessfully appealed his conviction and sentence up to the Supreme Court, leaving him to serve ...

Ross Ulbricht, Pardoned Silk Road Founder, to Speak Out in Surprise Documentary (Exclusive) ‘Console Wars’ duo Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris have conducted more than 60 hours of interviews ...