Posted on 09/01/2015 7:05:19 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
A former US secret service agent has pleaded guilty to stealing over $800,000 worth of bitcoin during an investigation into online drug marketplace Silk Road.
Shaun Bridges, 33, appeared in federal court in San Francisco and admitted to money laundering and obstruction of justice.
Silk Road operated for more than two years until it was shut down in October 2013 having generated more than $214m in sales of drugs and other illicit goods using bitcoin, prosecutors said.
Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road’s creator, who authorities say used the alias Dread Pirate Roberts, was sentenced to life in prison after a federal jury in Manhattan found him guilty of charges that included distributing drugs via online sales.
Bridges belonged to a Baltimore-based federal task force that investigated Silk Road. Another member of that unit, former US Drug Enforcement Administration agent Carl Force, has admitted extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
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It’s hard to believe a Secret Service agent is capable of this crime. What has happened to this agency?
More and more like Mexico all the time.
Gosh, I wonder why...
It's hard not to be very cynical and think his main crime was cutting in on the big-boys monopoly on the trade.
He hired a hitman too but yeah they threw the book at him. Silkroad is shut down but the drugs are still available via other hidden services on the TOR network.
They got assigned to Clinton's security detail.
arggh
Guess what else he was involved in...
Former govt. agent admits illegally spying on Sharyl Attkisson, implicates govt. colleagues
1/9/2020, 9:49:05 PM · by Hojczyk · 68 replies
SHARYL ATTKISSON ^ | January 9,2020 | SHARYL ATTKISSON
Former govt. agent admits spying on Attkisson, implicates his colleagues. Former U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein is accused of leading the group. Govt. hackers allegedly reported to FBI official who now heads CrowdStrike Former FBI Unit Chief confirms he initiated forensic report proving govt. intrusion and reported to Attkisson A former U.S. government agent has admitted participating in the illegal government surveillance on then-CBS New investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson. The insider has identified former U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein as the person responsible for the project. As a result of the new admission, Attkisson and her family are filing suit against Rosenstein...
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