Ross William Ulbricht (/ ˈ ʊ l b r ɪ k t /; born March 27, 1984) [1] is an American who created and operated the darknet market Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. Silk Road was an online marketplace that facilitated the trade in narcotics and other illegal products and services.

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 26, 2025 · Charles Bethea on President Donald Trump’s pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence in connection with his operation and ownership of Silk Road, a black-market Web site that ...

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. He was a 26-year-old idealistic libertarian—passionate …

Jan 22, 2025 · US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold. Ulbricht was...

May 29, 2015 · ULBRICHT was found guilty of each of the seven charges he faced on February 5, 2015, following a four-week jury trial. U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest imposed today’s sentence.

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 criminal activity,...

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.