Silk Road's Crooked DEA Agent Tried to Invest in My Bitcoin Startup

There's no better feeling then to see a crooked pig go down in the system for showing his true colors, I'm sure they'll show him a good time in the pen.

On November 7, 2013, about a month after the arrest of Ross Ulbricht for running the notorious darknet marketplace Silk Road, I received an email from Carl Mark Force IV, a federal agent who had worked on the case.

He wanted to become a partner in my company, an online retailer for precious metals that accepts digital currency. He sent his resume and told me not to be turned off by the whole Drug Enforcement Administration thing. "My civil service days are numbered," he wrote. I didn't know it then, but he was right.

At the end of October, Force had ordered some gold on my website, GoldSilverBitcoin, which I had shipped to him via registered and insured mail, meaning he'd have to provide an ID to the post office to receive the shipment, thus confirming his identity. At this point, the name "Carl Mark Force IV" was generally unknown to the world, so I Googled it and found a since-deleted Twitter account under his name. He was tweeting to others on the social media platform about his role in the Silk Road investigation and pitching a book idea on his role in the investigation to people he thought would be a good co-author.

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Comments


[3 Points] Jellybeanzzzzzz:

I swear LE thinks they are untouchable!


[3 Points] Calypso420:

That name sounds so typical for a crooked DEA agent.
Puts the fear right in ya, just like the war on drugs and all the other fear mongering bullshit that the DEA spreads.
There's just something about his name, its got that ring to it.
Carl Mark Force IV =P


[1 Points] FishMonkeyMan41:

Do you buy titanium?