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𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 𝕮𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖔𝖇𝖊 2 Profile picture
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Jul 18 • 12 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
@TheWarMonitor 1).
„Ross W. Ulbricht is an American who created and operated the illegal darknet market Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013.
@TheWarMonitor 2).
Silk Road was an online marketplace that facilitated the trade in narcotics and other illegal products and services. Sales were anonymous, using bitcoin. It operated as a hidden service on the Tor network.
@TheWarMonitor 3).
Ulbricht ran the site under the pseudonym »Dread Pirate Roberts« after the fictional character from »The Princess Bride« [1] [2] [3].
@TheWarMonitor 4).
In Oct. 2013, the @FBI arrested Ulbricht and took Silk Road offline.
@TheWarMonitor @FBI 5).
In 2015, he was convicted of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, distributing narcotics by means of the internet, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to traffic fraudulent identity documents, and conspiracy to commit computer hacking [4] [5] [6] [7].
@TheWarMonitor @FBI 6).
He was sentenced to double life in prison plus 40 years without the possibility of parole. Many decried the sentence as excessive, most notably members of the Libertarian Party (@LPNational) and the »Free Ross« movement.
@TheWarMonitor @FBI @LPNational 7).
Ulbrichtʼs appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2017 and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 were unsuccessful [8] [9] [10].
@TheWarMonitor @FBI @LPNational 8).
After serving 12 years, he was released from prison in Jan. 2025, when he received a full and unconditional pardon from @POTUS @realDonaldTrump [11] [12] [13] [14] [15].”

Endnotes:

[1] @arstechnica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

[2] @USATODAY eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
@TheWarMonitor @FBI @LPNational @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @arstechnica @USATODAY 9).
[3] @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/meet-ross-ulbr…

[4] @FBI fbi.gov/contact-us/fie…

[5] @SDNYnews justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/r…

[6] @SDNYnews justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/r…

[7] @ICEgov ice.gov/news/releases/…

[8] @TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2017/05/31/ros…

[9] p. 5 archive.ph/20180629151235…
@TheWarMonitor @FBI @LPNational @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @arstechnica @USATODAY @BusinessInsider @SDNYnews @ICEgov @TechCrunch 10).
[10] web.archive.org/web/2016100119…

[11] 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖊𝖜 𝖄𝖔𝖗𝖐 𝕿𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 (@nytimes) archive.ph/6JFTX

[12] @guardianUS theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

[13] @NPR npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-…

[14] @realDonaldTrump truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru…
@TheWarMonitor @FBI @LPNational @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @arstechnica @USATODAY @BusinessInsider @SDNYnews @ICEgov @TechCrunch @nytimes @GuardianUS @NPR 11).
[15] @TheJusticeDept justice.gov/pardon/media/1…

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