Ex-DEA Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing over $700,000 in Silk Road Case
Carl Mark Force IV, the “lead undercover agent” in the Silk Road case against Ross Ulbricht has pled guilty to money laundering, extortion while acting as a public official and obstruction of justice as part of a plea deal. Force faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the three counts. In his plea agreement, Force, admitted to taking money from the head of the underground marketplace the Silk Road and then obscuring that fact before withdrawing money from his own bank account in exchange for inside information and other services. Force states: “[Ross Ulbricht] paid me on two occasions....
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Ross Ulbricht, founder of the infamous Silk Road drug market, will be remembered as one of bitcoin’s most relevant contributors, a man that grew bitcoin’s relevance to extraordinary levels, and became instantly popular following his arrest. Silk Road was a dark net market that ran on the TOR Network. At its peak, Silk Road accounted for 70% of all dark net drug sales. People wondered whether Ulbricht’s arrest was justified; consequently, his prison sentence became controversial as well. In the midst of the controversy it was later discovered that federal agents infiltrated the....
Carl Mark Force IV, the DEA agent accused of stealing nearly $1m-worth of bitcoin during an investigation into the Silk Road, has reportedly struck a plea deal with prosecutors. This follows last week's guilty plea by a US Secret Service agent involved with the case, Shaun Bridges, to money laundering and wire fraud. As reported by Bloomberg, a Monday court filing at the US District Court in San Francisco, California, revealed Force will plead guilty to charges including money laundering and extortion. He will face a hearing on 1st July to enter the pleas. Force's crimes. As well as....
Former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Carl Mark Force IV, has admitted to stealing over $700,000 worth of bitcoin while running the Baltimore Silk Road investigation. Force, the lead undercover agent in communication with Ross Ulbricht - the mastermind behind the online drug marketplace now sentenced to life in prison - admitted using fake online personas to steal bitcoin from both the US government and investigated parties. He pleaded guilty to charges of extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice. In connection to his plea, Force admitted he had offered to sell....
Federal prosecutors say details about the second arrest of Shaun Bridges, a former U.S. Secret Service agent charged with stealing in the Silk Road investigation, must remain sealed, in part, because they believe there are one or more co-conspirators, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Authorities charged Bridges and former DEA agent Carl Force with stealing from Silk Road during the investigation following the trial and conviction of Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind of the online drug marketplace who went by the name, “Dread Pirate Roberts.”....
The ex-Secret Service agent convicted of stealing bitcoin during Silk Road investigation may haves stolen another $700,000 in bitcoin from the Secret Service. It has been over a year since the news about the involvement of two law enforcement agents from the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and US Secret Service in the theft of bitcoin belonging to Silk Road hit the stands. Shaun Bridges, the convicted ex-Secret Service agent is again in the news for allegedly stealing $700,000 worth of bitcoin after he pled guilty the first time. Shaun Bridges is currently serving a six-year sentence....