Former Silk Road Task Force Agent Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering, Obstruction of Justice
Former Secret Service special agent Shaun Bridges, 32, pleaded guilty Monday to pocketing $820,000 worth of bitcoins and to obstruction of justice in connection with his theft of digital currency during the federal investigation into the online black market called…
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Silk Road, a Justice Department news release said. Bridges admitted in his plea agreement to impeding a full investigation into Silk Road by blocking access to the site and by providing multiple false and misleading statements to investigators. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Dec. 7 before U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco.