“[Dread Pirate] Roberts isn’t actually the site’s founder, he revealed in our interview. He credits Silk Road’s creation to another, even more secretive entrepreneur whom he declined to ...

Ross Ulbrecht of Austin, Texas, is an Eagle Scout, has a degree in physics and last year gave an interview to StoryCorps that’s still on YouTube. Not the original Dread Pirate Roberts, the ...

Otherwise known by his online handle "Dread Pirate Roberts," Ulbricht was sentenced to two life sentences in 2015, plus an additional 40 years, with no chance of parole for his role in creating ...

The man behind the online illegal drug website Silk Road is 29-year old Ross William Ulbricht. He's also known as Dread Pirate Roberts. Earlier this week, federal agents arrested him on charges ...

Why Trump Freed Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts. Ulbricht, who was convicted of running an anonymous online drug marketplace, became a hero to crypto-holders everywhere.

Dread Pirate Roberts was its delightful outlaw organiser. Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, ...