She has also published two chapbooks of poetry. A book launch party, 4:30 p.m Feb. 1, at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, will feature a conversation between Van Pelt Dus and P.D. Pin, executive ...

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Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, was convicted in 2015 for operating the online black market and sentenced to life imprisonment. He received a pardon from former U.S. President Donald Trump on ...

Silk Road facilitated over 1.5 million transactions, generating more than $200 million in revenue from the sale of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and other drugs, authorities have said.

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, have long believed that government investigators overreached in building their case against Silk Road. Many held “Free Ross” signs. ...

Ulbricht was arrested on October 1, 2013, in a San Francisco public library. Law enforcement officials had been investigating the Silk Road for years, piecing together breadcrumbs to identify ...

The story of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious darknet marketplace Silk Road, is one of ambition, controversy, and a dramatic intersection of technology, crime, and justice. Convicted in 2015 ...

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As of Nov. 3, 2020, more than $1 billion worth of digital currency has been seized by law enforcement from Silk Road, according to the FBI. At the time of his arrest, then-U.S. Attorney for the ...

On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous Silk Road dark ... on Day 1 I will commute the sentence of Ross ...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web ... “If you vote for me, on Day 1 I will commute the ...

Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug marketplace Silk Road, received a full and unconditional pardon on Tuesday from President Donald Trump, who announced the move in a Truth Social post.