Two Former Federal Agents Convicted of Stealing Bitcoins
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....
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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....
The former Secret Service agent convicted in the theft of Bitcoin from the Silk Road during their investigation is accused of stealing even more than previously thought. According to newly released documents, Shaun Bridges, one of two federal agents caught stealing during the Silk Road investigations, is accused by prosecutors of stealing an additional $700,000 worth of Bitcoin. Bridges is currently serving a 71-month prison sentence for the initial theft. Government knew Bridges had access to the seized Bitcoin. According to the recently released documents, the Department of Justice knew....
Following the conclusion of the trial of Ross Ulbricht, the government revealed what the Ulbricht's defense had already known (but was barred from discussing during the trial), that two of the US government agents who gathered much of the evidence that convicted Ulbricht, the Secret Service's Shaun Bridges and the DEA's Carl Mark Force IV, were being indicted for stealing a great deal of Ulbricht's horde of bitcoins. Prior to the jury verdict, such information could easily have contributed to a doubtful jury or even a bias toward jury nullification amongst jurors. Of course, this....
A New Jersey cop Vincent Saggesse, 32, who works for the Plainfield PD and is a member of the Union County SWAT Team, has been caught selling stolen Bitcoin mining equipment in an undercover sting operation. Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano revealed that the disgraced police officer met twice with an undercover agent to work out a sale agreement of the hot KnCMiner Neptune units. However, it is yet to be discovered whether the cop had a clear idea of what he was selling. Soriano also desisted from disclosing the source of the units. The dishonest law enforcement officers seem to....
According to the New York Times, a Secret Service agent and a former member of the DEA will be indicted on charges of stealing bitcoins during the course of the Silk Road investigation. Silk Road criminal investigation leads to Bitcoin theft. Working undercover, former agents Carl Mark Force IV, who worked for the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Shaun Bridges, who worked for the Secret Service, will be facing charges for wire fraud, money laundering and stealing government property (Force only). The amount of bitcoins stolen is unknown, but apparently the seizure from Silk Road makes....