Ross Ulbricht, the controversial creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, has been spotted beaming in a new photo after receiving a “full and unconditional pardon” from President Donald ...

Ross Ulbricht is free, but unproven allegations against the Silk Road founder overshadow his well deserved pardon in some ...

He was also accused of hiring a hitman to murder former employees ... The marketplace was finally taken down in 2014 (Picture:Facebook/Free Ross Ulbricht) Over at the FBI, a warrant had been ...

The president granted the unconditional release of the online drug impresario as a favor to libertarians and cryptocurrency ...

Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, a first of its kind in the modern era, thanked President Donald Trump for setting him ...

Ross Ulbricht created Silk Road in 2011 — a darknet marketplace that allowed illegal drugs to be purchased anonymously with ...

The new picture shows Ulbricht, his hair neatly coiffed, sporting a gray sweatsuit and carrying a white mesh bag on his back. The first photo of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht after his pardon.

Ulbricht, 40, had been serving a life sentence on federal drug trafficking charges for setting up the illegal website.

Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the ...

Ross Ulbricht, sentenced to life in ... often base their opinion on claims that Ulbricht allegedly attempted to hire a hitman on a former Silk Road administrator, who stood accused of embezzling ...

In 2015, a 31-year-old yoga enthusiast from Austin named Ross Ulbricht was found guilty of being the online drug kingpin ...