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Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of deep web Silk Road marketplace

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 Source: Agencies    2025-01-22 09:03    0 Shares
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UIbricht was sentenced in 2015 to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of organizing a drug trafficking scheme with transactions that surpassed $200 million.

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Ross Ulbricht in an undated photograph presented as an exhibit during his 2015 criminal trial in New York federal court. (Handout/ US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)
Ross Ulbricht in an undated photograph presented as an exhibit during his 2015 criminal trial in New York federal court. (Handout/ US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)
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