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US Federal Agent Admits To Stealing $820,000 Bitcoins From Silk Road
Shaun Bridges, a former US DEA agent who was investigating the online drug marketplace Silk Road, has been charged with obstructing justice and money laundering. He has since admitted the charges that were levelled against him. So, how did Mr Bridges nick quite so many Bitcoins with a huge resale figure? According to…
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Federal Agents Charged with Stealing from Silk Road
Two Federal agents are now facing charges themselves after the takedown of the Silk Road drug marketplace last year. The two agents, Carl Mark Force and Shaun Bridges, were both involved in the takedown by operating undercover and building up evidence against the Silk Road operators. According to an affidavit,…
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Silk Road Pirate Accuses Government Of Stealing His Bitcoin Booty
Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Ross Ulbricht or better known by his silk road alias of “Dread Pirate Roberts” has accused the government of being the real pirates, by for the first time admitting the government took his 173,000 or so of his encrypted virtual currency. When he was first…
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