Perhaps most notably, the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges special agent with the US Secret Service (USSS) Shaun Bridges "diverted" more than $800,000 in digital currency to his personal accounts without authorization during the investigation.

Likewise, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Carl Mark Force IV is purported to have "solicited and received" digital currency as part of the investigation into Silk Road, using "fake online personas" to "steal from the government and targets of the investigation".

Both Bridges and Force are being charged with money laundering and wire fraud. Force has also been separately charged with the theft of government property.

The full complaint includes the testimony of Tigran Gambaryan, special agent with the criminal investigation division of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Cyber Crimes Unit Liason.