But the site was notorious for selling vast swathes of drugs.) Ulbricht created the Silk Road site, accessible only using specific software that could connect to the dark web, in January 2011.

What To Know About ‘Silk Road’ Drug Marketplace Founder Pardoned By Trump. Law enforcement said Ulbricht created the “most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace” on the internet ...

Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of online drug marketplace Silk Road who became a hero for America’s libertarian movement. The US president allowed Mr ...

What Is The Silk Road? The Silk Road was an online marketplace where more than 100,000 users traded illegal drugs and other illegal goods while laundering hundreds of millions of dollars ...

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online marketplace Silk Road for the sale of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other illegal drugs, was sentenced to life in prison in 2015.

According to the government, Individual X hacked the Silk Road and stole the Bitcoins in question. The 69,370 Bitcoins have a street value of more than $6.3 billion.

Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.

Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.