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.
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Was Ex-Secret Service Agent Planning to Flee Country After Stealing Bitcoins?
Bridges is now in custody because he is considered a flight risk.
Former Secret Service Agent Who Stole Bitcoins During Probe Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
A former Secret Service agent who illegally accessed the now-defunct Silk Road website and stealing bitcoin was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison and ordered to pay $1 million for the siphoned currency.
DEA Agent Sentenced to 6.5 Years for Stealing Digital Currency from Drug Site Silk Road
DEA Agent Carl M. Force, 46, went undercover as a drug dealer with ties to hit men.
Former DEA and Secret Service Agents Expected to Be Arrested For Stealing Money While Working Undercover
By BENJAMIN WEISER and MATT APUZZO New York Times Two former federal agents are expected to be arrested on Monday on charges of stealing money while working undercover on an investigation into Silk Road, the once-thriving black market website for drug dealing, a document shows. The former agents are Carl Mark Force IV, who worked…
Silk Road, the Notorious Online Drug Bazaar, Busted for Second Time
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Silk Road, a notorious online drug supplier, has been busted again, The Verge reports. The FBI, Homeland Security and European law enforcement seized the replacement site. Authorities arrested suspected operator Blake Benthall, 26, in California on Wednesday. It appears Benthall slipped up when he used his own email address for a…
5 Top Federal Law Enforcement Achievements in 2013
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mob boss convicted: One of the nation’s most notorious mafia leaders, James “Whitey” Bulger, was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 13 after a Boston federal jury found him guilty of racketeering, money laundering and extortion. Bulger was a violent, cold-blooded leader of the Boston Irish mob for decades….
Illicit Drug Site Silk Road Has Relaunched and Pokes Fun at Federal Law Enforcement
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just a month after the FBI arrested its founder, the black market site Silk Road is back up, the Daily Caller reports. The notorious site, where people could buy drugs, guns and even hit men, relaunched Wednesday with more protections for its customers, who use a currency called Bitcoin to avoid being…
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