The Drug Enforcement Agencyhas seized 11.02 Bitcoins value $ 814.22froman indicted drug playin South Carolina, accordingto the supervision press recover speckledby Bitcoin bloggers.Itisthe initial well known exampleofthe supervision seizingthe practical bankingasifitwere skillor cash.

The DEA arrested Eric Daniel Hugheson Apr 12th, 2013. One Bitcoin sleuth tracedthe user name“Casey Jones”to user“Truckin”onthe subterraneous drug concert Silk Road,wherehe appearstohavebeenan active customerand seller.His posts imputeto curative drug suchas Adderall, Dexedrine, Vyvanse, Klonopin, Clonazepam,and suboxone. One user claimstohaveboughtfrom Casey Jonesandsayshewas infalliblebut the bit careless.

User DealerOfDrugs wroteonthe Silk Road forums:

The funny thingis,he messagedmefromhis businessman account,and frankly gavemehis complete personal address,not the dump address. we myself warned Caseyatthe timetobe cleverbecause any oneat anytimecould extorthim,andhe flattering most dischargedtheideaandsaid“no problem, wemightstart the swap customer commenttostart buying. I’mnot disturbedaboutit.”

It’s misleading eitherthe group seizedthe Bitcoinsin the prick operationor bysomeother means.It’s probablethatthe DEA set up the seller commentandgot Hughes’s residence underneaththe disguiseof promulgationhim thepurchase.However,it’salso probablethatthe DEA seized the mechanismwiththe record containingthe Bitcoinsorgot Hughesto palmthem over.

So far, Silk Roadhas managedto promote rapist exchangewhile givingits users thefairly gentle gradeof impunity, interjectiontothe confidenceof Bitcoinandthe actualitythat usersmust bondtoit bythe anonymizing Tor network.However,the DEAhassaid publiclythatitis questioning Silk Road,and usersare regularly heedfulofwhat feelslikean unavoidable crackdown.This bust doesn’t indispensably meantthe DEAis enormous downon Silk Road;it’s probablethat Hughes ran afoulofthe group wholly offline.Butitdoesshowthatthe groupis increasingly wakefulofthe significanceofthe practical sideofthe drug business.