Morning Scan: Federal Agents Nabbed in Silk Road Heist; JPMorgan Exe...

03/31/15

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

When Nob Met Dread: Two federal officials assigned to investigate Silk Road, the digital marketplace for drugs that only accepted payment via Bitcoin, have been charged with illegally using the defunct black-market service to enrich themselves. An agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration and a Secret Service agent have resigned and been charged with money laundering and wire fraud. The DEA agent, named Carl Mark Force IV, has also been charged with...

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