Third Silk Road investigator caught stealing seized Bitcoin owes UK £1.8M
Security
September 30, 2026
18:35
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CryptoNews
A UK court has ordered former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer Paul Chowles to repay £1,810,678.93, roughly 30 times what the Bitcoin was worth when he lifted it from a stash his own agency had seized.
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