Ex-NCA Officer Who Worked on Silk Road Operation Ordered to Repay £1.8M for Stealing Seized Bitcoin

Ex-NCA officer who worked on Silk Road operation ordered to repay £1.8M for stealing seized Bitcoin

Paul Chowles helped himself to 50 coins while examining devices linked to Silk Road 2.0

The police officer who stole £4m in Bitcoin and destroyed his own life

The former National Crime Agency officer was part of the team which brought down Thomas White, who ran the Silk Road 2.0 dark web black market for drugs

NCA officer stole millions in Bitcoin from dark web drug dealer

Ex-NCA officer must repay £1.8m of Bitcoin stolen from criminals

Paul Chowles from Bristol took cryptocurrency seized in an investigation into a dark website.

The police officer who stole Bitcoin and destroyed his own life

But the criminal will not see a penny of this compensation, with the money instead being seized as part of proceedings against him

Ex-NCA officer told to repay $2.4M for stolen bitcoin

A former officer must repay $2.4M for 50 BTC stolen in 2017 when the stolen bitcoin was worth $77,000. What the case means for holders.