Silk Road Agent Carl Force Asks For 7 Years
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....
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This piece has been updated with additional information about the case and a correction to a quote attributed to Judge Richard Seeborg. Corrupt federal agent Carl Force IV has been sentenced to 78 months, or six and a half years, in federal prison. The sentence is less than the 87-month sentence the US government had requested for the former Drug Enforcement Agency agent. Force was part of a Baltimore, Maryland-based federal task force investigating the online dark market Silk Road. As part of the task force he worked undercover on the Silk Road under the alias "Nob", developing a....
Former U. S. federal agent Carl Force has been sentenced to 78 months in prison. The sentence is substantially more than the four years of prison time sought by his attorneys while less than the 87-month prison sentence requested by U. S. prosecutors. After pleading guilty to bitcoin theft and extortion during the government investigation of dark web drug marketplace Silk Road, rogue federal agent Carl Force IV has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison after admitting to charges of money laundering, extortion and obstruction of justice. Force's defense claimed mental health....
Tainted former US Drug Enforcement Administration officer Carl Force has pleaded guilty to extorting Bitcoin from online drug marketplace Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. According to his 16-page plea agreement, Carl has pleaded guilty to money laundering and obstruction of justice, Forbes reported earlier today. Carl is scheduled to be sentenced on October 19 and faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. Assistant Attorney General Caldwell said, "While investigating the Silk Road, former DEA Agent Carl Force crossed the line from enforcing the law to breaking it." He added that, "Seduced by....
Carl Force IV, a 46-year-old member of Baltimore’s Silk Road task force and former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, has been ordered to forfeit around US$500,000 in cash and bitcoin that he “confiscated” while investigating the Silk Road case. The criminal complaint filed against Force on March 25 read: Force stole hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of bitcoins confiscated during the Silk Road case and transferred them to his personal accounts. “FORCE stole and converted to his own personal use a sizeable amount of bitcoins that DPR sent to FORCE in FORCE's official....
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....