The site, which was shut down in 2013 alongside Ulbricht's arrest, was a notorious marketplace for illegal drugs, among other products.

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Trump, who first proposed to pardon the Silk Road creator ...

Ross Ulbricht—who was serving a life sentence over a conviction for running a dark web illicit drug market before being ...

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous dark web exchange Silk Road, which was best known as a once-thriving online marketplace for illegal drugs. Trump ...

Trump pardons founder of drug marketplace whose case was championed by libertarians. Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for owning and operating Silk Road, a dark web marketplace for ...

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.

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 ...

NEWLY-INAUGURATED US President Donald Trump has given the founder of dark web marketplace Silk Road a full and unconditional pardon. The decision has saved Ross Ulbricht from serving two life ...

President Trump announced Tuesday night that he had granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious dark website Silk Road. Trump, 78, announced his grant ...

Trump pardons Silk Road founder President Donald Trump has pardoned the founder of Silk Road, Ross William Ulbricht. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for an online drug scheme.

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.

In a move that has sparked heated debates across the nation, former President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the convicted founder of the infamous Silk Road website, on ...