By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A former Secret Service agent accused of pocketing $820,000 worth of Bitcoin money while investigating the Silk Road online drug marketplace has pleaded guilty to money laundering and obstruction of justice.
Tech Times reports that then-Secret Service Agent Shaun Bridges admitted Monday to stealing the Bitcoin money and placing it in a personal account.
Bridges said he stole about 20,000 Bitcoin in 2013.
Another federal agent, Carl Force, also admitted to stealing the digital currency several month ago.
“This case shows we will act quickly to hold wrongdoers accountable, no matter who they are,” Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell said.
