By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A DEA agent who stole more than $700,000 in digital currency from online drug dealer Silk Road was sentenced Monday to 6.5 years in prison for extortion and other charges, the Associated Press reports.
DEA Agent Carl M. Force, 46, went undercover as a drug dealer with ties to hit men.
Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht was recently sentenced to life in prison.
Force was accused of selling information about the investigation.
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