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|fullname = Ross William Ulbricht | |fullname = Ross William Ulbricht | ||
|alias = Dread Pirate Roberts<br>altoid<br>Frosty | |alias = Dread Pirate Roberts<br>altoid<br>Frosty | ||
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|goals = Continue running Silk Road (failed) | |goals = Continue running Silk Road (failed) | ||
|crimes = [[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]]<br>Criminal enterprise management<br>Attempted assault<br>[[Money laundering]] | |crimes = [[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug trafficking]]<br>Criminal enterprise management<br>Attempted assault<br>[[Money laundering]] | ||
|hobby = }} | |hobby = }}{{Quote|I wanted to empower people to make choices in their lives and have privacy and anonymity.|Ulbricht on why he created ''Silk Road''.}} | ||
'''Ross William Ulbricht''' (born March 27, 1984) is an American drug dealer, darknet market operator, and convicted felon best known for creating and operating the darknet market website ''[[Silk Road]]'' from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. The website was designed to use Tor for anonymity and bitcoin as a currency. Ulbricht's online pseudonym was '''Dread Pirate Roberts''' after the fictional character in the novel ''The Princess Bride'' and its film adaptation. | '''Ross William Ulbricht''' (born March 27, 1984) is an American drug dealer, darknet market operator, and convicted felon best known for creating and operating the darknet market website ''[[Silk Road]]'' from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. The website was designed to use Tor for anonymity and bitcoin as a currency. Ulbricht's online pseudonym was '''Dread Pirate Roberts''' after the fictional character in the novel ''The Princess Bride'' and its film adaptation. | ||