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 ...

Brett Carlsen/Bloomberg via Getty Images In 2015, a 31-year-old yoga enthusiast from Austin named Ross Ulbricht was found guilty of being the online drug kingpin “Dread Pirate Roberts.” ...

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.

Former President Donald Trump's recent pardon of Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road founder, has reignited debates on digital ...

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 ...

"Prosecutors said Ulbricht, who was known online as "Dread Pirate Roberts," founded Silk Road in January 2011.Before it was shut down by law enforcement in October 2013, it emerged as what ...