Ulbricht, who used the nom de plume “Dread Pirate Roberts” to hide his identity, was sentenced in 2015 to life in prison for founding and operating Silk Road between January 2011 and October ...

Ross Ulbricht has his freedom. After serving nearly 12 years in federal prison for running a notorious online drugs bazaar, Ulbricht—who went by the name Dread Pirate Roberts when he was a crime ...

Ulbricht, who was known online by his darknet moniker, "Dread Pirate Roberts," was arrested in 2013 for his part in developing an online marketplace that connected people selling drugs and ...

What Was the Silk Road? The Silk Road was an online marketplace launched in 2011 by Ross Ulbricht, operating under the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts." It was hosted on the dark web, a part of ...

Ross Ulbricht, also known as "Dread Pirate Roberts," operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road between 2011 and 2013, when law enforcement shut the site down and arrested him ...

Ulbricht, an Eagle Scout from Austin, Texas, using the online pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts,” a reference to 1987 film The Princess Bride, set up the Silk Road online marketplace on the non ...

So much for being tough on crime. Felon 47 has been on a pardon spree, and his latest one for Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts ...

Dread Pirate Roberts, the pseudonym attributed to Ulbricht, is taken from the 1973 novel "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman, depicting an identity that is assumed by multiple characters.

Ulbricht, who operated the site under the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts,” was also accused of soliciting multiple murders for hire, according to the Associated Press.