02-07-2015 04:17 via feeds.theguardian.com

Silk Road: undercover DEA agent turned bitcoin thief pleads guilty

Carl M Force, part of federal taskforce that penetrated illicit online marketplace, ended up siphoning off more than $700,000 in digital currency for himselfA former undercover agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration has pleaded guilty on charges of stealing more than $700,000 in digital currency – most of it from an online drug bazaar known as Silk Road that he infiltrated as part of a federal investigation.Carl M Force, dressed in the orange garb of the San Francisco jail and shackle
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