THELOGICALINDIAN - It has been over a year back the account about the captivation of two law administration agents from the US Drug Administration Agency DEA and US Secret Service in the annexation of bitcoin acceptance to Silk Road hit the stands Shaun Bridges the bedevilled exSecret Service abettor is afresh in the account for allegedly burglary 700000 account of bitcoin afterwards he pled accusable the aboriginal time
Shaun Bridges is currently confined a six-year book afterwards he pled accusable to accuse of money bed-making and wire alteration fraud. He was bedevilled of burglary bitcoins account about $800,000 during the advance of an analysis into Silk Road, the now asleep abysmal web exchange operated by Ross Ulbricht. Now, it has emerged that he ability accept baseborn added $700,000 account of bitcoin from the confiscated agenda bill backing acceptance to Silk Road.
The new developments came to ablaze afterwards an affirmation was apparent aftermost week. According to the affidavit, the Department of Justice doubtable that Shaun Bridges had admission to the clandestine key of the wallet absolute bitcoins bedeviled from Silk Road which was in control of the Secret Service. As a precaution, the Secret Service was instructed to move the agenda bill to a altered wallet to anticipate him from accessing it.
While the Secret Service is said to accept confused the bitcoin in July aftermost year, the bitcoin was begin missing back arrested in December. The annexation came to apprehension afterwards the cloister ordered the bureau to alteration a allocation of bedeviled bitcoins to afflicted claimants.
The accompanying motion filed by prosecutors apropos the affairs of bitcoin annexation in aegis of US Secret Service states,
“Unfortunately, the U.S. Secret Service did not do so and the funds were thereafter stolen, article the U.S, Secret Service alone apparent already it was ordered by a cloister to pay a allocation of the access aback to afflicted claimants,”
While the bulk is still beneath investigation, if Shaun Bridges has absolutely baseborn the actual bitcoin afterwards argumentation guilty, again the absolute bulk of bitcoin acceptance to Silk Road baseborn by him will be account over $1.5 million.
In 2024, the Silk Road analysis was agitated out by a multi-agency Baltimore Task Force absolute of agents from the FBI, DEA, and the Secret Service. The analysis resulted in the cease of Silk Road and the arrest of Ross Ulbricht, who is now account activity in bastille for active an actionable exchange affairs drugs, contraband, and weapons.
Carl Force IV, an ex-DEA abettor was answerable with money laundering, obstruction of amends and extortion. He is currently confined a 6 and bisected year sentence.
