Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for drug trafficking, computer hacking, and ...

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

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others ...

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is free after spending over a decade behind bars on drug and cybercrime charges — and he's taking his little prison plant with him.. After newly-minted president ...

While reading the letter—which was written while the Silk Road website operator was in prison—to Pool's cohosts Ian Crossland and Josie Glabach, Glabach also started to cry.

As I wrote upon his sentencing, Ulbricht need not "worry about redemption per se. Ulbricht and Silk Road….sent out a more powerful message than the one the government wanted Judge [Katherine ...

Ross Ulbricht is free, but unproven allegations against the Silk Road founder overshadow his well deserved pardon in some corners of the internet. Ross Ulbricht, sentenced to life in prison without ...

Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road, takes the stage at Bitcoin 2025 for his first public address since being pardoned. He reflects on his imprisonment and the struggle for individual freedom.

Trump pardons founder of Silk Road website Ulbricht, of San Francisco, had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after a high-profile prosecution that highlighted the role of the internet in ...

The Silk Road founder in 2015 had been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. By Stephen Alpher , Sam Reynolds | Edited by Benjamin Schiller Updated Jan 22, 2025, 5:50 a.m ...