Donald Trump pardons Silk Road dark web drug marketplace creator Ross Ulbricht

Donald Trump has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of online drug marketplace Silk Road.

Trump offered a pardon to dark-web market creator Ross Ulbricht on Tuesday (21 January), the first full day of his second presidential term, the BBC reported.

Ulbricht was found guilty on a number of charges in New York in 2015, including conspiracy to commit money laundering and distributing narcotics. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was ordered to forfeit $183.9m (close to £150m today).

Preet Bharara, US attorney for the Southern District of New York said at the time: “Ulbricht was a drug dealer and criminal profiteer who exploited people’s addictions and contributed to the deaths of at least six young people,” Sky News

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