The trial of Ross Ulbricht hinges on proving that Ulbricht is the Dread Pirate Roberts, a shadowy, pseudonymous kingpin who ran the massive online narcotics market known as the Silk Road.

The FBI says that Ulbricht, using the screenname Dread Pirate Roberts, paid $500,000 to have the man killed in Canada, but no records of such a murder have been found so far. This indictment ...

The online drug trade looked doomed. But Silk Road soon reopened, with a new “Dread Pirate Roberts”—Ulbricht’s alleged user name taken from the movie The Princess Bride—claiming ownership.

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They allege he is “the Dread Pirate Roberts,” the Silk Road’s mysterious founder, who drew his pseudonym from the feared, fictitious character in the film The Princess Bride. The FBI claims ...

The government claims he is the Dread Pirate Roberts, the infamous kingpin of Silk Road, an online black market for drugs and other illicit goods. Ulbricht’s trial began today, after many delays ...

Silk Road mastermind “Dread Pirate Roberts,” it seems, was no exception. But here’s the facepalm-worthy part: According to the criminal complaint, Ulbricht posted the question using his own ...

Ulbricht, known as the “Dread Pirate Roberts” of the massive online drug market, was arrested on federal drug trafficking, hacking, and money laundering charges on Oct. 2. Behind bars ...

More than 14 months after his arrest, Ross Ulbricht has been convicted of being the Dread Pirate Roberts, the masked figure who ran the Silk Road's unprecedented online supermarket for drugs.

stand accused of stealing $1 million in illicit funds stemming from their roles in the investigation of Silk Road and its shadowy organizer known as "Dread Pirate Roberts." Lawyers for Ross ...