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Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht After Urging Death Penalty For Drug Dealers

In a move that has sparked debate, President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, who had been serving two life sentences plus 40 years for enabling the illegal trade of drugs and other illicit goods. People using his site traded in bitcoin to avoid detection.

The Economist · 10h

Ross Ulbricht, pardoned by Donald Trump, was a pioneer of crypto-crime

Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the science-fiction section of a San Francisco public library. In 2015, after a four-week trial,

Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht for online drug scheme

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin.

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Trump pardons dark web Silk Road marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht

President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening said he issued a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the ...

Al Jazeera on MSN1d

Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, creator of dark web marketplace Silk Road

Ulbricht was given two life sentences, plus 40 years for running a site that allegedly facilitated $183m in drug sales.

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