That two law enforcement agents allegedly stole Bitcoins while investigating the Silk Road underground marketplace indicates fundamental flaws in the government’s February conviction of Ross Ulbricht as the mastermind of the operation, Ulbricht’s lawyer asserted Wednesday.

“The government’s considerable efforts at keeping this monumental scandal from being aired at Ross Ulbricht’s trial is itself scandalous,” wrote Ulbricht lawyer Joshua Dratel, in a blog post.

“Certainly this issue will be part of Mr. Ulbricht’s appeal, and is already part of his post-trial motions,” Dratel wrote in a follow-up email to IDG.

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