DEA Agent Who Stole Bitcoin During Silk Road Investigation Pleads Guilty

One of the two government officialscharged with some louche dealings during the investigation of Silk Roadpleaded guilty today . Carl Force used to work for the DEA and during the course of action of his investigation was doing things that might even make the darknet blush .

Force reach Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht under the name Nob and allegedly coaxed Ulbricht into paying $ 50,000 for information into the ongoing investigation . Force order his employers at the DEA but failed to cite the payment , which went into Force ’s personal business relationship . That ’s a big no - no .

FromReuters :

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Carl Force , a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent , let in to charges of extortion , money laundering and obstruction of justice . In a San Francisco federal court , Force appeared in an orange jump suit and branch trammel and acknowledged a litany of criminal acts .

Among them , Force enounce he agreed to a contract with Twenty - First Century Fox Inc ( FOXA.O ) last class to assist make a moving picture about the Silk Road investigation , without the permission of his supervisors . That deal called for him to be pay up to $ 240,000 .

Yep , you learn that right . Force have $ 240,000 from a movie studio apartment for the rightfield to use his story in the future . on the face of it that ’s also a big no - no in an investigating like this .

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Force also allegedly endeavor to duple - dip , asking for $ 98,000 in bitcoin under a different pseudonym for entropy on the Silk Road case . This pillow slip was really just a whole drum of no - no ’s .

Prosecutors have already reached a plea deal with a former Secret Service agent make Shaun Bridges who was allegedly running a similar racket as Force during the Silk Road probe .

[ Reuters ]

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