Who Is Ross Ulbricht? What To Know About ‘Silk Road’ Drug Marketplace Founder Pardoned By Trump.
Law enforcement said Ulbricht created the “most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace” on the internet.
Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht for online drug scheme
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 conducted more than $200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin.
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht After Urging Death Penalty For Drug Dealers
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 years for enabling the illegal trade of drugs and other illicit goods. People using his site traded in bitcoin to avoid detection.
Trump pardons creator of Silk Road drug marketplace
Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
Meet Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht, just pardoned by Donald Trump: the Texan physics major was serving life in prison for running the illegal drug marketplace, and known as Dread Pirate Roberts online
Penn State graduate Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for running Silk Road, a drug marketplace on the dark web that conducted more than US$200 million in illegal drugs trade using bitcoin On the first day of Donald Trump's second presidency,
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