Former federal agent Carl Force IV has been ordered to forfeit hundreds of bitcoins to the US government.
Former DEA agent Carl Mark Force IV has admitted stealing over $700,000 worth of bitcoin whilst running the Baltimore Silk Road investigation.
Carl Mark Force IV, the other DEA agent accused of corruption in the Silk Road investigation, has reportedly struck a plea deal with prosecutors.
US Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges will plead guilty to charges of money laundering and fraud stemming from the investigation of Silk Road.
The BitLicense may have dominated media coverage this week, but a deeper dive show many of bitcoin's larger problems linger on.
Following a court ruling that sentenced Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht to life in prison, fervent debate about the ruling quickly spread online.
Ross Ulbricht has been sentenced to life in prison for the operation of Silk Road, the now-defunct online dark market.
Convicted Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht faces decades, if not life, in prison at a sentencing hearing tomorrow in New York.
Kathryn Haun, Digital Currency Crimes Coordinator at the US Department of Justice, will discuss blockchain and transparency at Consensus 2015.
CoinDesk managing editor Emily Spaven interviews director Alex Winter ahead of the release of his new documentary film Deep Web.
CoinDesk has looked at the bitcoin related headlines from across the world.
In a revealing 2014 interview, DEA agent Carl Force discussed his interests in bitcoin as a part-time public accountant.
Two undercover agents who contributed to the US government's efforts to take down Silk Road are expected to be arrested on Monday.
A special agent with the US Secret Service spoke out against bitcoin this week, arguing its primary use case is in illicit transactions.
Notorious dark web marketplace Evolution has vanished amid reports that its administrators have absconded with more than $12m in bitcoin. Accessible only via the Tor network, the market had become the go-to online drug bazaar following the shut down of Silk Road and Operation Onymous, a pan-agency crackdown on illicit markets that seized over 400 domains in […]