US Secret Agents Charged with Silk Road Bitcoin Theft, Extortion of Dread Pirate Roberts
Following Ross Ulbricht's Silk Road conviction, extraordinary details have emerged about two of the investigating federal agents charged with extortion, fraud, and theft of bitcoins from the marketplace. With a shocking dossier of information now revealed, it is possible that the Feds might have had a role in the Mt Gox implosion. Two federal agents who took part in the Silk Road trial have been charged with fraud for allegedly embezzling bitcoin while on assignment. Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges, and Drug Enforcement Agency agent Carl Force, had both served as federal agents for....
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Two former federal agents who helped bring down the online black marketSilk Road have been convicted of wire fraud, money laundering, and stealing Bitcoins during the federal investigations of Silk Road. The two agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U. S. Secret Service have been identified as Carl Force, 46 years old, resident of Baltimore and associated with the DEA, and Shaun Bridges, 32 years old, resident of Laurel, Maryland who works with the U. S. Secret Service as a special agent. The federal government took down the underground illicit market commonly known as....
Is Mark Karpeles the infamous Dread Pirate Roberts? The Ross Ulbricht trial currently ongoing in New York City has taken an unexpected turn. The defense, with the help of the undercover Silk Road agent working for the Department of Homeland Security, Der-Yeghiayan, has seemingly successfully presented the case that the culpable Dread Pirate Roberts behind Silk Road was not Ross Ulbricht but Mark Karpeles of Mt. Gox instead. Joshua Dratel, Ross Ulbricht's lawyer, told the court:
There may be more than one Dread Pirate Roberts, says Ross Ulbricht's lawyers after someone accessed the account while he was in federal custody. Silk Road has left an indelible mark on Bitcoin’s history. The deep web marketplace operated by Ross Ulbricht is again in the news over a year after he was sentenced to life in prison on charges of money laundering, computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic fraudulent identity documents and conspiracy to traffic narcotics. This time, it is because of “another” Dread Pirate Roberts! According to the lawyers representing Ross Ulbricht, someone had....
US Marshals receive 34 bids for the Dread Pirate Roberts Auction of 50,000 bitcoins. Ross Ulbricht clearly loves history. This is evident from the pseudonym that he chose for his online activity, and even the name he chose for the domain name. The pseudonym he chose was Dread Pirate Roberts, and he named his site the Silk Road though in my view Seven Seas would have been apter. Dread Pirate Roberts - The Legend Continues. Here are a quick lit and history lesson. Dread Pirate Roberts, is a fictional pirate who first appeared in William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride and was roundly....
The alleged involvement of another corrupt agent in the investigation of Ross Ulbricht and the Silk Road raises questions about evidence suppression. The closure of Silk Road followed by Ross Ulbricht’s arrest and conviction has been one of the high-profile cases in the history of Bitcoin. The involvement of corrupt agents in the investigation created a backlash to the agencies involved in the Silk Road investigation namely, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Secret Service. After two agents, Carl Force (DEA) and Shawn Bridges (Secret Service) were found guilty of....