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Ulbricht grew up in Austin, Texas. He was a Boy Scout, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. He attended West Ridge Middle School and Westlake High School, both near Austin, graduating from high school in 2002.
- How old was Ross Ulbricht when he got caught?
- How smart was Ross Ulbricht?
- Will Ross Ulbricht ever get out?
- How did they get Ross Ulbricht?
How old was Ross Ulbricht when he got caught?
In 2013, 29-year-old Ross Ulbricht was arrested by the FBI for running a website called Silk Road. On the site, people from around the world could buy and sell illicit drugs, weapons, poisons, and services such as computer hacking.
How smart was Ross Ulbricht?
Ross William Ulbricht is extremely smart — let's get that out of the way first. It's not simply that he allegedly built and maintained Silk Road — a secret Internet site on which criminals traded drugs and assassinations — for years. And it's not just that he built a fortune in Bitcoins for doing so.
Will Ross Ulbricht ever get out?
In 2015, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. His appeal was denied, as was the pardon he sought from President Trump.
How did they get Ross Ulbricht?
Investigators traced a series of network records that they obtained under court warrants and eventually identified Ulbricht as a suspect. The FBI arrested Ulbricht and seized his laptop on October 1, 2013. A judge sentenced Ulbricht to life in prison for drug trafficking, computer hacking, and money laundering in 2015.
