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I am still investigating the elements made available with the arrest of Shaun Bridges (USSS) and Carl Mark Force IV (DEA), but at this point I already noticed some interesting facts.

We know that both agents have been investigating Silk Road since at least 2012. Based on news reports investigations of Silk Road presumably started around June 2011 since it appeared in the news, however there is no telling if it was Baltimore, and if either agent was involved until at least 2012.

based on the available documentation, it is also difficult to know precisely since when both have been conspiring. The following relevant information can be gathered from the original criminal complaint filed on March 25 2015 and published by the US DOJ a few days later.

P4L2: Force sold to DPR “information about the government’s investigation into Silk Road” for approximately $100,000

P5L21: Bridges was still using MtGox services two days before serving as the affiant the MtGox seizure warrant

P12L4: Communications between Force and DPR spanned throughout 2012 and 2013.

P20L24: We learn more about the information sold to DPR (see P4L2), and P21L2 lets us know that my name was given to DPR between August 26th and September 14th 2013 (as also shown in this document, paragraph 18).

P35L5: Force wants to bully a company by seizing funds “à la BRIDGES and [M.M.]”

P38L7: In April 2014, it seems that Bridges covered Force’s acts with Bitstamp.

P43L18: On January 23, 2013, Force emails Bridges regarding their suspicious activity. This means that Force and Bridges have known each other and have been conspiring since at least this date.

P45L28: Shows that a seizure warrant is not an overnight thing and takes “several days, if not longer”, putting suspicion on the MtGox seizure warrant.