Silk Road: undercover DEA agent turned bitcoin thief pleads guilty
by Associated Press in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#D21A)
Carl M Force, part of federal taskforce that penetrated illicit online marketplace, ended up siphoning off more than $700,000 in digital currency for himself
A 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 shackled at the ankles, pleaded guilty to extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice in federal court.
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