article_snippet: stealing the digital currency bitcoin during the investigation .
article_snippet: court with offenses including wire fraud and money laundering.
article_snippet: drugs and other illicit goods using bitcoin digital currency.
article_snippet: generated around $200 million in sales, prosecutors said.
article_snippet: Carl Force (left), a former DEA agent, and Shaun Bridges (right), a special agent with the Secret Service, have been accused of stealing thousands of bitcoins during an investigation into Silk Road .
article_snippet: conspiracy to commit drug trafficking and money laundering.
article_snippet: Prosecutors said Force also stole $90,000 worth of bitcoins .
article_snippet: The two men are accused of stealing bitcoins (pictured) during the operation .