Ross William Ulbricht (/ ˈ ʊ l b r ɪ k t /; born March 27, 1984) [1] is an American entrepreneur and ex-cybercriminal who created and operated the darknet market Silk Road from 2011 until his …

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 …

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 23, 2025 · Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road, the very first dark-web drug-trading network, certainly was. When users signed up for the website, which went live in 2011, they …

Ross Ulbricht is a peaceful first-time offender serving a double life sentence plus 40 years without parole for all non-violent charges associated with creating the Silk Road e-commerce website. …

6 days ago · Ross Ulbricht may be a millionaire again already. According to Conor Grogan, a director at Coinbase, one of the largest crypto-trading platforms, some of Ulbricht’s crypto …

Nov 8, 2024 · The family of Ross Ulbricht on Friday said the founder of the illicit online marketplace Silk Road, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 for extensive online …

Jan 24, 2025 · Ross Ulbricht is infamous for creating and running the Silk Road market, and a federal jury found him guilty on seven charges, including conspiracy to traffic narcotics.

May 14, 2015 · Ulbricht built this black market bazaar to exploit the dark web and the digital currency Bitcoin to allow users to conduct illegal business beyond the reach of law enforcement.

Jan 22, 2025 · Ross Ulbricht's Bitcoin holdings, as confiscated by authorities, amounted to approximately 144,000 BTC. At the time of the seizure in 2013, this amount was worth around …