In 2015, a 31-year-old yoga enthusiast from Austin named Ross Ulbricht was found guilty of being the online drug kingpin “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Convicted on 7 counts, the judge sentenced him to life in prison. Trump pardoned Ulbricht on Tuesday and now he’s a free man after more than 10 years in custody.

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

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some parts of the crypto community.

Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling illegal drugs and other contraband goods like hacking equipment and stolen passports.

WASHINGTON — An Austin native who was sentenced to life in prison for founding a dark web marketplace that specialized in illegal drug sales has been pardoned by President Donald Trump.

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 a life sentence without parole since 2015,

President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening said he issued a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark web Silk Road marketplace for illicit drugs.

The pardon is a big deal for cryptocurrency enthusiasts and libertarians, who have been pushing for Ulbricht’s sentence to be absolved for years.

It took President Donald Trump more like 36 hours than his promised 24, but we'll gladly let it slide. Silk Road founder Ross

Dallas alumnus had been serving a life sentence in connection with his role with the underground website used for selling drugs.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a “full and unconditional pardon” of Silk Road drug marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht, who was serving two life sentences in prison for charges including narcotics distribution, money laundering, and hacking.