The U.S. Department of Justice’s conviction of Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht may have been compromised by two corrupt investigators.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Carl Force will plead guilty to extorting more than $450,000 from the Silk Road online underground marketplace during his investigation of the site.

Force, who was a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, is the second federal officer charged with taking money from the marketplace.

Last week, ex-Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges, who worked with Force on the same task force, reached a plea bargain with prosecutors, for funneling money from Silk Road during the course of the investigation.

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