Silk Road Agent May Have Stolen More Bitcoin After Guilty Plea
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....
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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....
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....
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....
Shaun Bridges, the former Secret Service agent who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $800,000 in bitcoin while investigating Silk Road, is suspected in two other theft cases, according to a recently unsealed affidavit, Reuters reported. Bridges is believed to have stolen $700,000 of bitcoin from a Secret Service account three months after the agency was urged to remove his access to the account. The Secret Service did not move the funds, and later learned the funds were stolen. The theft was discovered after a court ordered the agency to pay claimants for their losses. The former Secret....
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....