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

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of online drug market Silk Road. Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and ...

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.

Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, received 300 BTC in June 2025, worth over $31 million. Blockchain analysis tied the ...

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 ...

A Sentence Reconsidered. Ross Ulbricht, who was arrested in 2013 and sentenced in 2015 to life in prison without the possibility of parole, became a symbol of both innovation and controversy.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Truth Social that he had pardoned Texas native and Silk Road website founder Ross Ulbricht. Ulbricht had been sentenced to life in jail in 2015 in ...

The family of Ross Ulbricht on Friday said the founder of the illicit online marketplace Silk Road, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for extensive online criminal activity, would be ...

Ulbricht did not immediately respond to a request for comment made through the Free Ross campaign that advocated for his pardon. AlphaBay, similar to Ulbricht’s Silk Road, was a ...

A Sentence Reconsidered. Ross Ulbricht, who was arrested in 2013 and sentenced in 2015 to life in prison without the ...