Bitcoin Theft: UK NCA Officer Charged For Stealing 50 BTC

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....

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.”....

This week an Indian-Narcotics Control Bureau officer has been charged with stealing bitcoins from a darknet investigation. Drug Enforcement Officer From India Accused of Stealing Bitcoins. Over the past few years, law enforcement in India has been investigating darknet marketplace usage within the country. There have been multiple reports of the....

A teenager has been arrested in Canada after committing what law enforcement officials in Ontario have described as the largest crypto theft by a single person. The Canadian is accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars through a SIM swap targeting a crypto holder in the U.S. Teen Arrested in Canada for Stealing Crypto Fortune From American A young Canadian from Hamilton, Ontario province, has been accused of stealing cryptocurrency worth $46 million Canadian dollars (over $36 million). The digital money was allegedly misappropriated in a SIM swapping attack on a victim....

A popular Instagram personality has been charged in the U.S., accused of stealing bitcoins worth millions of dollars from his followers. He allegedly convinced the “victims to sell him their bitcoin at attractive, but inflated, values” but he never wired them the money for the coins sent to him. Instagram Influencer’s Bitcoin Scam The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that a popular Instagram personality known as “Jay Mazini” has been charged with wire fraud related to a bitcoin scam. The Justice Department wrote: A complaint was filed in....