WASHINGTON ― A former U.S. Secret Service agent was hit with a money laundering conviction right before he starts serving time for a prior one.
Maryland resident Shaun W. Bridges pleaded guilty to the money laundering count, adding on to his current 71-month sentence related to a similar theft conviction from 2015. U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg has further ordered that Bridges forfeits his 1,500 bitcoin and fiat currency valued at around $10.4 million.
Bridges had served in the U.S. Secret Service’s Baltimore Field Office for six years and was assigned to its Silk Road Task Force between 2012 and 2014. The multi-agency group was responsible for investigating illegal activity on the illicit goods marketplace Silk Road, with Bridges conducting forensic computer investigations into Baltimore Task Force targets.
Just before starting his 2015 conviction sentencing, Bridges was taken into custody on charges concerning the theft of 1,600 bitcoin from a U.S. government digital wallet. Bridges admitted to using a private key in accessing the aforementioned digital wallet and transferring the bitcoin to further digital wallets he had access to. Bridges agreed to relinquish the stolen bitcoin as part of his plea deal.
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