Former National Crime Agency officer stole bitcoin from dark web drug dealer
The post Former National Crime Agency officer stole bitcoin from dark web drug dealer appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A former National Crime Agency officer who stole Bitcoin seized from the operator of an illegal dark web marketplace has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. The NCA was investigating the Silk Road 2.0 site – which allowed users to buy drugs and other illicit goods after the original Silk Road was shut down by the FBI in 2013 – and arrested Liverpool-based Thomas White in 2014. Intelligence officer Paul Chowles took the details of White’s “retirement wallet” and stole 50 Bitcoin before sending it to a cryptocurrency “mixing” service called Bitcoin Fog to obscure the source, prosecutors said. Chowles, 42, appeared in Liverpool Crown Court having pleaded guilty to one count of theft, one count of transferring criminal property, and one count of concealing criminal property. Prosecutor Craig Hassall said the Bitcoin Chowles stole was worth just under £60,000 (around US$80,000) at the time of the theft in May 2017 and is now worth over £4 million, though Chowles had realised nearly £145,000. Chowles was dismissed by the NCA this month for gross misconduct after his guilty pleas, having been arrested in 2022. open image in gallery Prosecutor Craig Hassall said the Bitcoin Chowles stole was worth just under £60,000 at the time of the theft in May 2017 and is now worth over £4 million, though Chowles had realised nearly £145,000 (Getty Images) The NCA initially thought White, who was jailed in 2019 for over five years, had managed to access his Bitcoin wallet and remove the 50 missing Bitcoin, Hassall said. The remaining 47 Bitcoin in White’s wallet were sold by the NCA…
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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A former National Crime Agency officer who stole Bitcoin seized from the operator of an illegal dark web marketplace has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. The NCA was investigating the Silk Road 2.0 site – which allowed users to buy drugs and other illicit goods after the original Silk Road was shut down by the FBI in 2013 – and arrested Liverpool-based Thomas White in 2014. Intelligence officer Paul Chowles took the details of White’s “retirement wallet” and stole 50 Bitcoin before sending it to a cryptocurrency “mixing” service called Bitcoin Fog to obscure the source, prosecutors said. Chowles, 42, appeared in Liverpool Crown Court having pleaded guilty to one count of theft, one count of transferring criminal property, and one count of concealing criminal property. Prosecutor Craig Hassall said the Bitcoin Chowles stole was worth just under £60,000 (around US$80,000) at the time of the theft in May 2017 and is now worth over £4 million, though Chowles had realised nearly £145,000. Chowles was dismissed by the NCA this month for gross misconduct after his guilty pleas, having been arrested in 2022. open image in gallery Prosecutor Craig Hassall said the Bitcoin Chowles stole was worth just under £60,000 at the time of the theft in May 2017 and is now worth over £4 million, though Chowles had realised nearly £145,000 (Getty Images) The NCA initially thought White, who was jailed in 2019 for over five years, had managed to access his Bitcoin wallet and remove the 50 missing Bitcoin, Hassall said. The remaining 47 Bitcoin in White’s wallet were sold by the NCA…
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