The mastermind behind the “Silk Road” online marketplace that facilitated millions of dollars of drug sales has been given a full and unconditional pardon by US President Donald Trump.

Law enforcement said Ulbricht created the “most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace” on the internet.

Donald Trump pardoned the creator of the world’s first dark-web drug market, who is now a libertarian cause célèbre in some ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for ...

President Trump announced Tuesday night that he had granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of ...

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is free after spending over a decade behind bars — and he's taken his little prison plant ...

The newly pardoned former Boy Scout was 26 when he created the world’s largest online drugs marketplace. What happened next?

Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for distributing drugs on his Silk Road ...

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The creator of a dark web market that sold illegal drugs, stolen passports and hacking equipment using Bitcoin has been ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence ...