I helped catch Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht: Undercover agent tells all
theregister.co.ukSilk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is now a free man after US President Donald Trump made good on his promise to issue a federal pardon upon taking office.
Otherwise known by his online handle "Dread Pirate Roberts," Ulbricht was sentenced to two life sentences in 2015, plus an additional 40 years, with no chance of parole for his role in creating and running the darknet marketplace between 2011 and 2013.
He was found guilty of seven charges leveled against him relating to drug trafficking, money laundering, computer hacking, and trafficking forged identity documents.
The news doesn't come as a surprise, however. Trump committed to the first-day pardoning of Ulbricht when speaking at the Libertarian National Convention in May 2024. The President said the decision to pardon the Silk Road founder was "in honor" of Ulbricht's mother, who had campaigned for his release.
"I just called the mother of ...
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