United States President Donald Trump has decided to pardon Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark-web black market Silk Road, who was convicted in 2015.

It was just after midnight when a phone call from an unknown number woke Dorine Núñez Ávila.

In 2015, a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Ulbricht to life in prison for drug trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering.

President Donald Trump granted a pardon to Silk Road marketplace founder Ross Ulbricht, a promise he made to the cryptocurrency industry during his campaign.

NEWLY-INAUGURATED US President Donald Trump has given the founder of dark web marketplace Silk Road a full and unconditional pardon. The decision has saved Ross Ulbricht from serving two life

President Trump has signed a “full and unconditional” pardon for Silk Road foudner and operator Ross Ulbricht. Silk Road was a notorious dark web marketplace selling illegal drugs, hacking tools and stolen passports during its operation between 2011 and 2013.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace.

The news doesn't come as a surprise, however. Trump committed to the first-day pardoning of Ulbricht when speaking at the Libertarian National Convention in May 2024. The President said the decision to pardon the Silk Road founder was "in honor" of Ulbricht's mother, who had campaigned for his release.

Ross Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 for running a site on the dark web that sold drugs and other contraband items

President Trump pardoned Ross William Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road dark web marketplace, criticizing his sentence as excessive. Ulbricht had

President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening said he issued a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the dark web Silk Road marketplace for illicit drugs.

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