Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is free after President Donald Trump pardoned him. But who is he and what did he do?

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

Ulbricht, 40, was about 10 years into his life sentence for helming an online black market where drug dealers, money ...

Fulfilling a campaign promise to libertarians and the bitcoin community, the Silk Road founder's life sentence without parole ...

Ross Ulbricht’s first hopes for clemency died when a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Trump had ...

In January 2025, a claim (archived) circulated that U.S. President Donald Trump had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who was imprisoned for operating the dark web marketplace Silk Road. "I just called the ...

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous dark web exchange Silk Road, which was best ...

Ross Ulbricht didn’t deserve to die in prison. Thanks to Trump he won’t. The prosecution’s tactics and the integrity of its investigation were problematic — to say the least.

Former President Donald Trump received a frosty reception at this weekend's Libertarian Party’s national convention, but one ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for ...

Ross Ulbricht, behind bars for 11 years, had been serving a double life sentence for his role in the dark web marketplace ...

Sentencing Ulbricht, US District Judge Katherine Forrest said that the ... Ulbricht supporters to welcome the news of the pardon. “Ross Ulbricht has been freed by President Trump with a full ...