Ross William Ulbricht (/ ˈ ʊ l b r ɪ k t /; born March 27, 1984) [1] is an American who created and operated the illegal darknet market Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. Silk Road was an online marketplace that facilitated the trade in narcotics and other illegal products and services.

Jan 22, 2025 · President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace.

Jan 21, 2025 · Now, after being sentenced to life in prison and spending more than a decade behind bars, Ulbricht will walk free, thanks to Donald Trump—and to the president’s ever-closer ties to the American...

On Jan. 21, 2025, President Donald Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the infamous founder of the dark web marketplace known as Silk Road. Ulbricht was sentenced to a double life sentence plus 40 years without parole in May 2015 for his role in running the illicit online platform.

Jan 22, 2025 · Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online marketplace Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison in 2015. President Trump fulfilled a campaign promise to Libertarian supporters on his second day...

Jan 22, 2025 · President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the imprisoned creator of a dark web marketplace for drugs and other illicit products whose case had become a cause...

Jan 22, 2025 · President Trump announced Tuesday night that he had granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious dark website Silk Road. Trump, 78, announced his grant of...

Jan 24, 2025 · Ross Ulbricht is infamous for creating and running the Silk Road market, and a federal jury found him guilty on seven charges, including conspiracy to traffic narcotics.

May 29, 2015 · ULBRICHT deliberately operated Silk Road as an online criminal marketplace intended to enable its users to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods and services anonymously and outside the reach of law enforcement. ULBRICHT sought to anonymize transactions on Silk Road in two principal ways.

Ross Ulbricht is a peaceful first-time offender serving a double life sentence plus 40 years without parole for all non-violent charges associated with creating the Silk Road e-commerce website. He was a 26-year-old idealistic libertarian—passionate …