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• Former Secret Service agent pleads guilty in Bitcoin theft

  A former Secret Service agent pleaded guilty on Monday to diverting to his personal account over $800,000 worth of bitcoins during an investigation into online drug marketplace Silk Road.

• N.Y. man convicted of trying to buy ricin 'death pills' online

  A New York man was found guilty on Thursday of trying to buy the deadly toxin ricin on a secretive black market website, with plans to sell it in the form of "simple and easy death pills."

• Creator of Silk Road website faces sentencing for drug scheme

  The accused mastermind behind the underground website Silk Road will be sentenced on Friday for orchestrating a scheme that enabled more than $200 million of anonymous online drug sales using the digital currency bitcoin.

• Accused Silk Road operator convicted on U.S. drug charges

  The suspected mastermind behind the underground website Silk Road was convicted on narcotics and other charges on Wednesday for his role in orchestrating a scheme that enabled around $200 million of anonymous online drug sales using bitcoins.

• Accused Silk Road operator never abandoned website, U.S. tells jury

  A U.S. prosecutor sought on Tuesday to dissuade jurors from believing that the man who created the underground website Silk Road and is facing drug trafficking charges abandoned the venture long before it was shut down.

• U.S. sharply reduces Silk Road's estimated sales volume

  When U.S. authorities announced the arrest of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht in October 2013, they made a startling claim: the online black market had seen an estimated $1.2 billion in illicit sales since its inception.

• Bitcoin backer gets two years prison for illicit transfers

  Charlie Shrem, an outspoken supporter of bitcoins, was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for indirectly helping to send $1 million in the digital currency to the Internet black-market bazaar Silk Road.

• U.S., European authorities arrest 16 online drug, weapons traders

  U.S. and European authorities have arrested 16 suspected members of underground drugs and weapons cybermarkets this week, in addition to the alleged operator of the website known as Silk Road 2.0, Europe's police agency Europol said on Friday.

• Bitcoin promoter to plead guilty to unlicensed money transmission

  Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has reached a plea deal to resolve U.S. charges that he engaged in a scheme to sell over $1 million of the digital currency to users of illicit online marketplace Silk Road, his lawyer said Friday.

• Indicted Bitcoin activist to make appearance at Tribeca Film Fest with ankle bracelet

  Bitcoin evangelist Charlie Shrem talked to Bloomberg about his participation in a Bitcoin documentary debuting at Tribeca Film Festival today following his indictment over conspiracy and laundering charges involving the virtual currency and the online black market Silk Road.

• Shrem gets indictment over money laundering following plea talks

  Prominent Bitcoin enthusiasts Charlie Shrem and BTCKing operator Robert Faiella were formally charged with money laundering and conspiracy charges by the office of Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara, Bloomberg said.

• Survey reveals more Britons purchase illegal drugs online despite Silk Road bust

  The latest Global Drug Survey (GDS) revealed that drug users still opt to purchase their drugs online despite the possibility that they will be linked to their online marketplaces like Silk Road by law enforcement and authorities.

• Money Laundering Charges Stymie Momentum For Bitcoin Currency As It Seeks Legitimacy In Financial World

  Florida's state authorities announced last Thursday that three men faced criminal charges stemming from their running illegal businesses, in which they moved large amounts of cash in and out of the Bitcoin virtual currency.

• Miami money laundering case marks first arrest made on Bitcoin fraud allegations

  Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement that its arrest of Pascal Reid and Michel Abner Espinoza were its first first state law charges over the use of Bitcoin in money laundering.

• Silk Road Shut Down: Feds Seize Illegal Black Market Website & Arrest Operator Ross William Ulbricht (Video)

  The FBI has shut down Silk Road, an online drug bazaar, and arrested Ross William Ulbricht, the man they said created the site, CNN reported. Ulbricht was charged with narcotics trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering