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Secret Service agent who stole $820K from Silk Road pleads guilty

13 pointsby harsh1618almost 10 years ago

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bediger4000almost 10 years ago
Yeah, and that&#x27;s only the first of two Feds that <i>allegedly</i> stole from Silk Road during the investigation. Carl Force of the DEA is also under indictment.<p>How did this not screw up Ulbricht&#x27;s trial, especially since the prosecution didn&#x27;t notify the defense until very close to trial date? Looks to me like the fix was in on Ulbricht&#x27;s trial. Will the judge for Bridges and&#x2F;or Force be as &quot;tough on crime&quot; as Ulbricht&#x27;s Judge Forrest was? She didn&#x27;t seem to give the defense a break, and gave a really harsh sentence. How much probation will Bridges and Force get?<p>After that, it isn&#x27;t clear if Force and Bridges knew that other was engaging in hanky-panky. Also, how often does this sort of thing happen? That is, during a complicated investigation, how often does a DEA or Secret Service agent profit from the investigation?