Silk Road Investigators Charged With Stealing Bitcoin

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 30, 2015 @08:41AM 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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Government Crime by Archangel+Michael · 2015-03-30 08:50 · Score: -1, Troll

Why don't we charge everyone involved, not just the two Peons who got "caught". Oh wait, the government will just call it "Taxes" and then stealing is legal.

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