Ross Ulbricht, formerly known online by the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts" (a nod to the novel "The Princess Bride"), is known today as the founder of the Silk Road marketplace, a former site on 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 “most ...

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DALLAS — A University of Texas at Dallas alumnus and founder of Silk Road, an underground website used for selling drugs, was pardoned by President Donald Trump this week. Ross Ulbricht was sentenced ...

On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump kept a campaign pledge to the cryptocurrency industry by granting a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road. The infamous dark web marketplace not ...

A little over 11 years and three months ago, Ross Ulbricht was arrested in the science fiction section of a public library in San Francisco, caught with his laptop still logged in to the Silk Road, ...