The mastermind behind the “Silk Road” online marketplace that facilitated millions of dollars of drug sales has been given a full and unconditional pardon by US President Donald Trump.

In 2015, a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Ulbricht to life in prison for drug trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering.

Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the ...

Ross Ulbricht's life sentence for Silk Road, his regrets, and Trump's controversial pardon. Learn about his rise and fall.

Ross Ulbricht, arrested in 2013, was convicted in 2015 of charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering.

Pardoning Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence, fulfills a campaign promise made to crypto diehards who backed Donald ...

The United States president pardoned the founder of the underground illicit drugs marketplace, as part of a raft of sweeping ...

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Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is free after President Donald Trump pardoned him. But who is he and what did he do?

On his second day back in office, US president Donald Trump issued a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of dark-web ...

Ross Ulbricht was found guilty in 2015 of creating and operating Silk Road, a hidden website where people bought and sold illegal drugs, as well as other unlawful goods and services.