Former US drugs agent sentenced to 6 1/2 years in jail for stealing Bitcoins in Silk Road probe

https://www.rt.com/usa/319143-silk-road-dea-sentenced/

A disgraced former US federal agent has been sentenced to 78 months in jail for stealing $50,000 worth of Bitcoins during a government probe into the black market website Silk Road while pretending to give its founder information about the investigation. 

Carl Force, 46, who used to work as a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, admitted charges of extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice. US District Judge Richard Seeborg who oversaw the case at a federal court in San Francisco said the level of his betrayal was “breathtaking.”

 The severity of the sentence, which will also see Force have to pay $340,000 in compensation, was handed down as a warning to other potential officials not to engage in corruption.