Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence, leveraged Mr. Trump’s desire for political support to secure his release.

President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing." ...

After serving nearly 12 years in federal prison for running a notorious online drugs bazaar, Ulbricht—who went by the name Dread Pirate Roberts when he was a crime lord—received a Bitcoin held ...

In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, who had been serving two life sentences plus 40 ...

Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of online drug marketplace Silk Road who became a hero for America’s libertarian movement.

According to Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor who now works in white collar defense at Paul Hastings, a pardon undoes the forfeiture or property—unless, as is the case with Ulbricht's ...