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Dirty Silk Road agent gets six years
A former U.S. Secret Service agent who stole $820,000 worth of bitcoin from the Silk Road online black market while investigating it was sentenced in federal court.Read More
Dirty ‘Silk Road’ agent admits stealing bitcoin
A former Secret Service agent who stole $820,000 worth of bitcoin from the Silk Road online black market while investigating it pleaded guilty in federal court.Read More
Silk Road agent pleads guilty to corruption
A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent who investigated the Silk Road black market website pleaded guilty in federal court to three corruption charges.Read More
‘Silk Road’ agent cops plea over Bitcoin theft
Former Secret Service Special Agent Shaun Bridges allegedly stole more than $820,000 after obtaining administration credentials for Silk Road.Read More
Feds slam cell door on Silk Road founder
San Francisco resident Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the notorious black market site Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison.Read More
Fraud charges taint ‘Silk Road’ investigators
Two federal investigators have been charged with fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin in connection with their Silk Road investigation.Read More
‘Silk Road 2’ alleged mastermind awaits trial
Blake Benthall, 26, is accused in a federal complaint of opeating the online marketplace known as Silk Road 2.0.Read More
FBI lays out case against ‘Silk Road’ founder
The federal case against Ross William Ulbricht includes tales of murder-for-hire, blackmail and, of course, lots of drugs.Read More
‘Silk Road’ founder busted in San Francisco
Illicit online marketplace 'Silk Road,' where hit men, drug dealers and hackers hocked their wares, has been shut down after an FBI bust.Read More