Ex-Secret Service Agent Sentenced to Additional 2 Years in Prison for Bitcoin Theft
A former Secret Service agent received an additional two years in prison for stealing bitcoins during an investigation into drug marketplace Silk Road.
A former Secret Service agent received an additional two years in prison for stealing bitcoins during an investigation into drug marketplace Silk Road.
A former Secret Service agent who stole money seized during the Silk Road investigation is now accused of stealing money in two other cases.
Bridges is now in custody because he is considered a flight risk.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has received more than 200 complaints from pro-drug advocates after agents raided Silk Road, an online marketplace for drugs, guns and other illicit goods, the Guardian reports. While attempting to access $80 million worth of Bitcoins accumulated by Silk Road founder, the FBI seized $3.2 million worth of Bitcoins that…