>[The two federal agents] were members of the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, which authorities have said was one of two concurrent federal investigations into

>[The two federal agents] were members of the Baltimore Silk Road Task Force, which authorities have said was one of two concurrent federal investigations into the world's most popular — and now defunct — online drug bazaar. Their work helped lead to two indictments against alleged Silk Road founder and administrator Ross William Ulbricht. >But authorities now allege that [the agents] used off-the-books aliases to talk with Ulbricht, in one case offering sensitive information for money and in another trying to extort him, while Bridges allegedly wired himself $800,000 in digital currency that he had gained control of during the investigation.