DEA Agent Makes Plea Deal in Silk Road Corruption Case
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....
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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....
The corrupt Silk Road DEA agent Carl Force was sentenced today in California to an edict of 78 months in prison. The judge dismissed Forces claim to hardships growing up and his insanity plea, explaining how he betrayed the public’s trust for a book and movie deal. U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg said Force’s betrayal was “breathtaking” and warranted no exceptions. In court today Force apologized for his behavior and to his family members saying, “I’m sorry, I lost it, and I don’t understand a lot of it,” clinging to his insane alibi. There are some who feel that this man’s entire....
Carl Force IV, the DEA agent who pled guilty earlier this year will be facing sentencing on October 19th for his crimes as a rogue officer. The crimes committed were extortion, money laundering, and obstruction of justice during the Silk Road investigation and the arrest of the Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR). Force and his colleague Shaun Bridges were known special task force agents who went rogue while working undercover on the Silk Road case. The two have been said to have stole millions of dollars in Bitcoin while serving as law enforcement agents and many say tainted the entire case The....
New documents unsealed in the ongoing case between the US government and a former Secret Service agent convicted of stealing bitcoins during the Silk Road investigation allege that additional thefts may have taken place. Shaun Bridges was one of two former US federal agents accused of going rogue during the investigation of the Silk Road, the now-defunct dark market. At the time, the US government alleged that Bridges stole as much as $800,000 in bitcoin seized from the Silk Road. Bridges plead guilty last summer to money laundering and wire fraud charges, and was sentenced to roughly six....
Prosecutors have requested a second postponement of bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem's court case over alleged money-laundering, as the participants look to cut a plea deal, according to reports. Assistant US Attorney Serrin Turner asked that the case be postponed to 28th April and confirmed that plea deal discussions were taking place, according to a 28th March filing in the Manhattan federal court. Now @CharlieShrem talking plea deal over money laundering @BloombergNews. - Carter Dougherty (@CarterD) 1 April 2014. Shrem, 24, faces charges of money laundering, with accusations he used....