a former National crime agency Stolen officer Bitcoin The illegal dark web marketplace’s operator has been seized in jail for five and a half years.
NCA was investigating silk Road 2.0 site – which allowed users to buy drugs and other illegal goods after the original Silk Road is closed by the original Silk Road FBI in 2013 – And in 2014 arrested Thomas White in Liverpool.
Intelligence officer Paul Choules took details of White’s “Retirement Wallet” and stole 50 bitcoin before sending it cryptocurrency The prosecutors said that the “Mixing” service called bitcoin fog unclear the source.
42 -year -old appeared in chowles Liverpool Crown Court After being convicted for a count of theft, a count of transferring criminal assets, and hiding criminal property.
Prosecutor Craig Hasal said that at the time of the theft in May 2017, the stole of Bitcoin Chowles was under just 60,000 pounds (about US $ 80,000) and is now worth more than £ 4 million, although the chows had realized around £ 145,000.
After his arrest in 2022, the chowles were rejected by the NCA this month for gross misconduct after his convict.
The NCA initially thought of White, which was imprisoned for more than five years in 2019, managed to reach its bitcoin wallet and remove 50 missing bitcoins, Hasal said.
The remaining 47 bitcoins in the white wallet were sold by the NCA for about £ 500,000, and the fund paid the seizure of 1.5 million pounds against the White.
But the police and NCA started investigating after White that it was not responsible for transferring 50 bitcoins, and was found in a notebook of user names and passwords associated with White’s cryptocurrency accounts when he was arrested when he was arrested.
Judge David Obre said that Bitcoin was priced at around 470,000 pounds, stating him: “Have you not been arrested, you would continue to continue the awards of your wrongdoings.”
From Detective Chief Inspector John Black, Mercesis policeThe Force Intelligence Bureau said: “We know that criminals have demanded the use of cryptocurrency as a way of looting money from illegal activities including drug dealing and fraud.
“It will be extremely disappointing for everyone that someone involved in law enforcement can include themselves in the criminality they are assigned with investigation and prevention.
“The case should be clarified in Starchest terms that no one is above the law. When it became clear that one of its NCA officials stole bitcoin, our authorities made extensive inquiries to find out a mark of evidence that Chawl had attempted to hide. It was fully supported by NCA.
“He took advantage of his position on this investigation, while preparing a plan to create his own pockets that he believed he would cover his track. He was wrong.
“I want to assure the public that the Mercesis police have experts with experience and expertise who track the movement of money designed to avoid detection.
“Above all, our officials are determined to ensure that criminals do not benefit from breaking the law in any way, while other honest and hard -working members to provide for their families of public work.”