Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road⬅️
US President Donald Trump has made good on his promise to pardon Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug marketplace Silk Road, who spent more than a decade in prison.
US President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the collapsed dark web marketplace Silk Road, after 12 years in prison.
Ulbricht was arrested at the age of 29 in 2013 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015 for his role in operating and creating Silk Road.
Ulbricht’s release was a 2015 life sentence without the possibility of parole for his role in operating and creating Silk Road.
Ulbricht’s release was one of many promises made by Trump to the cryptocurrency community, who has pledged to pardon the Silk Road founder if he is re-elected.
Some reports have previously suggested that Trump was sympathetic to the campaign to free Ross and considered pardoning the Silk Road founder in 2020.