Jan 22, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Ulbricht had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after a high-profile prosecution that highlighted the role of the internet in illegal markets.

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 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 22, 2025 · Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.

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 · In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, who had been serving two life sentences plus 40 ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Topline. 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 ...

Ross Ulbricht’s first hopes for clemency died when a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Trump had planned to commute the life sentence of the founder of the Silk Road ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, creator of online black market for illegal drugs ... Silk Road was used by thousands of drug dealers to distribute “illegal drugs” to more than 100,000 buyers and ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Silk Road facilitated over 1.5 million transactions, generating more than $200 million in revenue from the sale of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs, authorities have said. Users ...