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UK Official Jailed for Stealing 50 Bitcoin in Silk Road 2.0 Investigation

ForesightNewsJul 17, 2025

According to Cointelegraph, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service stated that Paul Chowles, a former operations officer at the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), has been jailed for stealing 50 Bitcoin (currently worth approximately $5.900 million) during the Silk Road 2.0 investigation. The NCA seized 97 Bitcoin held by founder Thomas White when he was arrested in November 2014, but 50 of these Bitcoin (then worth approximately $79,000) were transferred from his wallet to another address in May 2017. "We found several notebooks in Paul Chowles' office containing usernames, passwords, and transaction records related to Thomas White's cryptocurrency accounts." [Foresight News]

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UK Official Jailed for Stealing 50 Bitcoin in Silk Road 2.0 Investigation

ForesightNewsJul 17, 2025

According to Cointelegraph, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service stated that Paul Chowles, a former operations officer at the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), has been jailed for stealing 50 Bitcoin (currently worth approximately $5.900 million) during the Silk Road 2.0 investigation. The NCA seized 97 Bitcoin held by founder Thomas White when he was arrested in November 2014, but 50 of these Bitcoin (then worth approximately $79,000) were transferred from his wallet to another address in May 2017. "We found several notebooks in Paul Chowles' office containing usernames, passwords, and transaction records related to Thomas White's cryptocurrency accounts." [Foresight News]

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