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Silk Road Investigators Charged With Stealing Bitcoin

Posted by samzenpus on from the was-that-wrong? dept.

itwbennett writes Two former U.S. government agents face charges related to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin while assisting with an investigation of the Silk Road underground online marketplace, with one accused of using a fake online persona to extort money from operators of the site. Facing charges of wire fraud and money laundering are Carl Force, 46, of Baltimore, a former special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, and Shaun Bridges, 32, of Laurel, Maryland, a former special agent with the U.S. Secret Service. Both served on the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, which investigated illegal activity on the Silk Road website, the Department of Justice said Monday in a press release.

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  1. How did they get caught? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is the most interesting question.

    Either some investigator who caught them is _really_ good, or the perps are _really_ stupid. They were practically handed the opportunity for a perfect untraceable crime, yet screwed it up.

  2. Re:Unsealed after Ulbrich conviction by rahvin112 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Good Luck on that. The supreme court ruling on actual innocence was split down the middle and absolutely blasted by Scalia as a "shiny new right". Yes you heard that right, being actually innocent of the crime isn't the courts job according to him.

    http://thinkprogress.org/polit...