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In a shock decision sparking international outrage, US President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind behind the notorious Silk Road website – an online black ...

In 2015, Ulbricht, who went by the dark-Web sobriquet Dread Pirate Roberts—a reference to a shifting character in “The Princess Bride”—received two life sentences without the possibility ...

When users signed up for the website, which went live in 2011, they were greeted by a message from the founder, “Dread Pirate Roberts”, the hero of the film, explaining how the site worked.

Ulbricht, who dubbed himself “Dread Pirate Roberts”, had also been accused of commissioning five murders, was sentenced to two life sentences for narcotics distribution and criminal enterprise.

In January 2025, a claim (archived) circulated that U.S. President Donald Trump had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who was imprisoned for operating the dark web marketplace Silk Road. "I just called the ...

President Donald Trump said he granted a pardon Tuesday to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the online marketplace Silk Road — a campaign promise Trump had made to libertarian voters. In a post on his ...