Ulbricht's defense, which entered a plea of not guilty to seven felony charges, claimed that he came up with the idea as "an economic experiment" beginning in 2009. Silk Road launched two years later.

He was there to tell the jury that Ross Ulbricht had confessed everything to him about Silk Road, the black market that grew into a multimillion-dollar empire in just two years. Ulbricht is currently ...

Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sentence for drug distribution, has embarked on a strange and unexpected comeback after President Trump pardoned ...