Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht pardoned by Trump 10 years into life sentence
Ulbricht, 40, was about 10 years into his life sentence for helming an online black market where drug dealers, money launderers, and traffickers used bitcoins to mask more than $214 million in illicit trades. (Ars thoroughly documented the Silk Road saga here .)
But the Silk Road, one of the first and most notorious dark web markets, soon spiralled into a criminal empire worth millions ...
In addition to many other things he has promised to do on his first day in office, Donald Trump has said he will free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who is serving a life sentence in federal ...
Ross Ulbricht's life sentence for Silk Road, his regrets, and Trump's controversial pardon. Learn about his rise and fall.
Ulbricht was given two life sentences, plus 40 years for running a site that allegedly facilitated $183m in drug sales.
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