article_snippet: Carl Force, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent, . and Shaun Bridges, a special agent with the Secret Service, were . charged in a criminal complaint filed in San Francisco federal .
article_snippet: Force had a . prominent role in the probe, authorities said, as he was the .
article_snippet: Ivan Bates, Force's attorney, did not respond to a . request for comment.
highlights_snippet: Carl Force, a former DEA agent,and Shaun Bridges, a special agent with the Secret Service, were charged in a criminal complaint .
  
highlights_snippet: Force had a prominent role in the probe, authorities said, and was the lead undercover agent in communication with the website's alleged operator .