Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. [7] It was launched in 2011 by its American founder Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts". As part of the dark web, [8] Silk Road operated as a hidden service on the Tor network, allowing users to buy and sell products and services between each other ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for owning and operating Silk Road, a dark web marketplace for drugs and other illicit products.

Jan 27, 2025 · In 2011, Ulbricht, an Eagle Scout from Austin, Texas, founded Silk Road, an online black market that existed until his arrest, in 2013, for crimes related to drug trafficking, money laundering ...

Jan 21, 2025 · 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 ...

Jan 22, 2025 · On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving...

Jan 22, 2025 · 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 ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht. 22 January 2025. Christal Hayes. Free Ross Ulbricht. ... Ulbricht ran Silk Road under the alias Dread Pirate Roberts, a reference to ...

Jan 21, 2025 · President Trump announced Tuesday that he signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road founder who was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of running the dark web...

Jan 21, 2025 · Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace. Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Ulbricht, 40, was convicted of seven counts related to his operation of Silk Road, which facilitated the sale of illegal drugs and other illicit goods using Bitcoin, including distributing...