And the Silk Road saga continues.
Remember Shaun Bridges? He’s the former Secret Service agent who pleaded guilty to stealing from the now-defunct online black market Silk Road. Bridges was arrested in February—a day before he was scheduled to begin his six-year prison sentence—in his home in Maryland.
If you recall, Bridges admitted in 2015 that he funneled 20,000 bitcoins worth more than $820,000 to his personal account through a series of “complex transactions.” Bridges as part of a task force investigating Silk Road along with former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Carl Force, who also pleaded guilty to money laundering, obstruction of justice, and extortion last year.
Now, court documents have revealed that Bridges is suspected of stealing another $700,000 worth of bitcoins from Silk Road, leading to his arrest in February, ars technica reported.