The second of two former U.S. government agents charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin has reached a plea agreement with the prosecutors. Carl Force, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, was charged with stealing bitcoins during the investigation of the illegal Silk Road Internet drug emporium, according to Bloomberg. The investigation led to the conviction of Ross Ulbricht, the site’s founder. Force agreed to plead guilty to money laundering and extortion, according to a court filing Monday. Force Extorted Payments from Ulbricht Without telling his superiors, Force used the alias “French Maid” to extort […]
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