Ulbricht, 40, was about 10 years into his life sentence for helming an online black market where drug dealers, money ...

But the Silk Road, one of the first and most notorious dark web markets, soon spiralled into a criminal empire worth millions ...

Disguised by his mask and all-black costume ... the most obvious being the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride -- however, core elements of his formula also went into Batman.

In a shock decision sparking international outrage, US President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind behind the notorious Silk Road website – an online black ...

When users signed up for the website, which went live in 2011, they were greeted by a message from the founder, “Dread Pirate Roberts”, the hero of the film, explaining how the site worked.

"Prosecutors said Ulbricht, who was known online as "Dread Pirate Roberts," founded Silk Road in January 2011.Before it was shut down by law enforcement in October 2013, it emerged as what ...

In 2015, a federal judge sentenced Ulbricht to life in prison for operating Silk Road under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts." But last May, while on the 2024 campaign trail, Trump promised to ...

President Trump said Tuesday night that he had given a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an online black market which enabled users to buy and sell ...