A cop with his hand in the till is hardly surprising.
This one is just sophisticated enough to recognize that bitcoins are money too.
Topic: [2016-07-01] Former Secret Service Agent Suspected of Stealing $700K in Bitcoin (Read 303 times)
July 01, 2016, 11:00:22 PM
July 01, 2016, 09:33:41 PM
After pleading guilty to the Silk Road theft in December 2015, former agent Shaun Bridges was sentenced to 71 months in prison for stealing $800,000 in bitcoins while investigating the online drug bazaar.
“The number of cases that Mr. Bridges contaminated—as well as investigations across the country that his conduct led to have to be shut down—is startling," assistant United States Attorney Kathryn Haun said in court during his sentencing. “There was another investigation into [website] Mt. Gox that had to be shut down. I can tell you that Mr. Bridges learned there was a criminal investigation afoot with Mt. Gox, and what did he do? He turned around to the [asst US attorney] and did a civil seizure warrant to [Mt. Gox founder Mark] Karpeles. But two days before he did that, he made sure to get all of his money out. Bridges didn't want a criminal case to proceed because if the government got the records, they would have seen his name."
http://sputniknews.com/us/20160701/1042318970/secret-service-stolen-bitcoin.html
“The number of cases that Mr. Bridges contaminated—as well as investigations across the country that his conduct led to have to be shut down—is startling," assistant United States Attorney Kathryn Haun said in court during his sentencing. “There was another investigation into [website] Mt. Gox that had to be shut down. I can tell you that Mr. Bridges learned there was a criminal investigation afoot with Mt. Gox, and what did he do? He turned around to the [asst US attorney] and did a civil seizure warrant to [Mt. Gox founder Mark] Karpeles. But two days before he did that, he made sure to get all of his money out. Bridges didn't want a criminal case to proceed because if the government got the records, they would have seen his name."
http://sputniknews.com/us/20160701/1042318970/secret-service-stolen-bitcoin.html
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