CoinVoice has recently learned that, according to Cointelegraph, the UK Crown Prosecution Service stated that former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer Paul Chowles was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for stealing and spending 50 Bitcoin (currently worth about $5.9 million) during the investigation of 'Silk Road 2.0'.
Silk Road 2.0 was a sequel to the original Silk Road, launched a month after the FBI shut down the original Silk Road and arrested its founder Ross Ulbricht in October 2013, and was closed by the FBI after operating for a year.
This batch of Bitcoin was originally seized from the device of co-founder Thomas White. Chowles took advantage of his position to launder money through the cryptocurrency mixing service Bitcoin Fog and spent over $140,000 using a cryptocurrency debit card. Key evidence was found on his phone and in his notes, and the Crown Prosecution Service is advancing the forfeiture process. [Original link]
