The US government sent two federal agents to shut down the biggest drug market on the internet and both got caught robbing it.

Carl Force was the DEA’s lead undercover agent.
His job was to get close to Ross Ulbricht.
He made a fake identity called “French Maid,” sold Ulbricht fake law enforcement intel for $100,000 in Bitcoin.
Then created another identity called “Death From Above” and tried to blackmail Ulbricht for $250,000.
Later signed a $240,000 movie deal with Fox about the case he was corrupting.
His salary was $150,000.
He deposited $757,000 into his bank account in 14 months.
Shaun Bridges was even worse.
A Secret Service agent on the same task force.
When an informant showed agents how to access Silk Road wallets, Bridges used it to drain $820,000 in Bitcoin for himself.
He then helped write the seizure warrant for Mt. Gox.
Two days after pulling his own money out of it.
Sentenced to 71 months in prison.
The night before he was supposed to report, he tried to flee the country.
Agents found a passport, offshore shell companies in Belize and Mauritius, bulletproof vests stolen from the Secret Service, and a MacBook with the serial number scratched off.
He was arrested a second time, and prosecutors later discovered he may have also stolen 69,370 Bitcoin.
Worth over $5 billion today.
The informant who helped them cried at sentencing.
Said he taught both agents how to move Bitcoin, thinking “these are the good guys.”
Force got 6.5 years. Bridges got 6 years. Ross Ulbricht got life.
None of this was mentioned at his trial.