A man who worked for the National Crime Agency has been sent to jail for five and a half years after stealing almost £60,000 worth of Bitcoin.
His name is Paul Chowles, 42, from Bristol. He took the Bitcoin from a drug dealer and used the dark web to move it into his own accounts.
After he stole it, the value of the Bitcoin went up a lot. Before he got caught, he had already spent over £140,000. By the time he was sentenced, the 50 Bitcoin he stole were worth more than £4.4 million.
It just shows that even people in trusted jobs can abuse their power—but in the end, they get caught and face the consequences 🙏
