Federal prosecutors say details about the second arrest of Shaun Bridges , a former U.S. Secret Service agent charged with stealing in the Silk Road investigation, must remain sealed, in part, because they believe there are one or more co-conspirators, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Authorities charged Bridges and former DEA agent Carl Force with stealing from Silk Road during the investigation following the trial and conviction of Ross Ulbricht , the mastermind of the online drug marketplace who went by the name, “Dread Pirate Roberts.”
Bridges pled guilty last year and was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for stealing $800,000 worth of bitcoins from Silk Road drug dealers, according to ArsTechnica . He used administrative privileges from an arrested Silk Road administrator.
The theft led Ulbricht to allegedly commission a “hit” on a former employee. The “hitman” was an undercover individual operated by Force, a DEA agent. Police Rearrested Bridges
Police rearrested Bridges on Jan. 28 at his home after finding him with a bag containing corporate records for three offshore accounts, a bulletproof vest and a passport, CCN reported.
He has been in custody since then and has sought to unseal the evidence against him so he could defend himself and recover his property. He claimed he has been denied his freedom and property without any showing of wrongdoing.
Prosecutors urged the judge to keep the evidence under seal since they are still investigating the full extent of the crimes. Co-Conspirators(s) At Large
“Although Bridges himself is in custody on that underlying case at present, his co-conspirator(s) remain at liberty and thus, disclosure of the details contained in the search warrant could jeopardize the new investigation by alerting additional targets of the investigation,” the filing stated. “In addition, it would […]
