Second US Agent Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bitcoin Theft

Carl Force, the second of two former US agents charged with pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in bitcoin during the Silk Road investigation, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Force agreed to plead guilty to charges including money laundering and extortion. Force's agreement follows a similar deal reached on June 17 with Shaun Bridges, a US Secret Service agent who worked with Force on the same Baltimore task force.