Ulbricht, 40, was about 10 years into his life sentence for helming an online black market where drug dealers, money ...

But the Silk Road, one of the first and most notorious dark web markets, soon spiralled into a criminal empire worth millions ...

Disguised by his mask and all-black costume ... the most obvious being the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride -- however, core elements of his formula also went into Batman.

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 ...

operating under the pseudonym 'Dread Pirate Roberts.' 'Make no mistake: Ulbricht was a drug dealer and criminal profiteer who exploited people's addictions and contributed to the deaths of at ...

In 2015, a 31-year-old yoga enthusiast from Austin named Ross Ulbricht was found guilty of being the online drug kingpin ...

Ross Ulbricht's family are now appealing for donations to support his reintegration into society Silk Road founder Ross ...

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.

President Trump said Tuesday night that he had given a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an online black market which enabled users to buy and sell ...