Federal Agent Charged in Silk Road Bitcoin Theft Accused of Stealing More
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....
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Federal prosecutors say details about the second arrest of Shaun Bridges, a former U.S. Secret Service agent charged with stealing in the Silk Road investigation, must remain sealed, in part, because they believe there are one or more co-conspirators, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Authorities charged Bridges and former DEA agent Carl Force with stealing from Silk Road during the investigation following the trial and conviction of Ross Ulbricht, the mastermind of the online drug marketplace who went by the name, “Dread Pirate Roberts.”....
More of the Silk Road scandal has been revealed following the release of a criminal complaint on Monday in federal court. The complaint filed on March 25, 2015 charges two former US federal agents who investigated Silk Road with stealing bitcoin, extorting money from the defendant, and a string of other criminal charges. Former Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges of Baltimore, Maryland, and former D.E.A. agent Carl Force of Laurel, Maryland have been charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Agent Force was also charged with theft of government property and conflict of interest.
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....
Two federal agents who took part in the US government's efforts to take down illicit online black market Silk Road have been charged with fraud for allegedly misusing funds denominated in bitcoin while on assignment. Perhaps most notably, the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges special agent with the US Secret Service (USSS) Shaun Bridges "diverted" more than $800,000 in digital currency to his personal accounts without authorization during the investigation. Likewise, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Carl Mark Force IV is purported to have "solicited and received" digital....
A Secret Service agent accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin during the US government's investigation of the now-defunct dark market Silk Road has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison. Shaun Bridges is set to spend the next five years and eleven months in federal prison after the court sided with the prosecution, which asked for the 71-month sentence in a memorandum filed on 30th November. Bridges was charged earlier this year with obstruction of justice and money laundering in connection with the theft of more than $820,000 in bitcoin from accounts....