Ross Ulbricht.
American founder and administrator of the illicit online marketplace the Silk Road
Trump Pardons ‘Silk Road’ Founder
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Truth Social that he had signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the “Silk Road” website. In 2015, Ulbricht was sentenced to two life terms and an additional 40…
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About Ross Ulbricht
Ross William Ulbricht is an American cybercriminal who created and operated Silk Road, the first modern darknet market, 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. Sales were anonymous, using bitcoin. It operated as a hidden service on the Tor network. Ulbricht ran the site under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts" after the fictional character from The Princess Bride.
Everything about Ross Ulbricht →- Occupation
- computer scientist, hacker, visual artist, motivational speaker
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 27, 1984