Paul Chowles, a former UK National Crime Agency officer, was ordered to repay £1.81 million ($2.4 million) after stealing 50 Bitcoin during a 2017 investigation into the dark web marketplace Silk Road 2.0. Although the Bitcoin was worth about £60,000 at the time, the confiscation reflects the current value of the recovered coins, showing Bitcoin's dramatic price rise. Chowles used mixing services and converted some Bitcoin to fiat, but blockchain forensics and cooperation with law enforcement eventually traced the theft back to him. He pleaded guilty in 2025 and was sentenced to five and a half years in prison, highlighting risks of insider theft in law enforcement handling digital assets.
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