Timeline of Ross Ulbricht's Legal Battle
Ross Ulbricht was arrested in October 2013, with the FBI accusing him of being behind the dark web site Silk Road. He has been charged with narcotics trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering. Click below to view an interactive timeline of Ulbricht's legal battle. This article is part of CoinDesk's Silk Road: One Year On series. Keep checking back for new additions to the series. Calendar. Ross UlbrichtTimelines
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The Ross Ulbricht Genesis non-fungible token (NFT) collection auction has come to an end and the auction winner was the “Free Ross DAO,” backed by the Pleasrdao project. The NFT collection raised 1,446 ether or $6.27 million at the time of settlement.
Free Ross Decentralized Autonomous Organization Wins Ross Ulbricht’s NFT Auction, DAO Plans to Fractionalize NFT Collection
Four days ago, Bitcoin.com News reported on the Ross Ulbricht Genesis NFT collection amassing millions of dollars worth of ethereum (ETH) bids on the Superrare NFT marketplace.....
Accused Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht has been found guilty on all charges on the first day of jury deliberations. Ulbricht, alleged by the US government to be the so-called Dread Pirate Roberts behind the now-defunct online black marketplace, was ruled guilty on a total of seven charges, which include narcotics trafficking on the Internet, conspiracy to commit money laundering and computer hacking. The jury received initial instructions on 4th February, and reached a verdict after three and a half hours of deliberation. The verdict marks the beginning of a new phase in Ulbricht's....
According to two anonymous sources, U.S. President Donald Trump is considering clemency for Ross Ulbricht. White House reporters Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley claim sources detailed that Trump “has expressed sympathy” for Ross Ulbricht and his double life sentences. Ross Ulbricht may get clemency from the sitting U.S. President Donald Trump if the American leader is swayed by the Silk Road founder’s story. Ulbricht is known for creating the darknet market website Silk Road and he was arrested in 2013. After his arrest, in May 2015, Ulbricht was sentenced to a double....
Convicted Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht faces life in prison at a sentencing hearing tomorrow in New York. The end of the trial comes more than a year and a half after Ulbricht's legal battle with the US government first began. Ulbricht was found guilty in February of narcotics, computer hacking and conspiracy charges in connection with his operation of the Silk Road black market. As reported by Wired, prosecutors asked the court earlier this week that Ulbricht be given "a lengthy sentence" to dissuade other would-be dark market operators. "The court thus has an opportunity to send a....
Following Ross Ulbricht’s non-fungible token (NFT) sale that raised 1,446 ether or $6.27 million at auction, Ulbricht is dropping another NFT compilation called the “Growth Collection.” According to the announcement, the NFTs will be minted using the Bitcoin blockchain and will be auctioned at the Bitcoin22 conference in Miami on April 6-8. Ross Ulbricht Is Preparing Another NFT Auction That Includes Four Physical Oil Paintings and One Hand-Drawn Animation Ross Ulbricht is preparing to auction a new NFT collection on Satoshi Nakamoto’s birthday, according to an....