<story><title>Silk Road: Undercover agent admits stealing Bitcoin</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33364349</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Ensorceled</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m amazed at how often the defence story in these cases, &amp;quot;He had a stellar, 15-year career with the DEA except for this one blip.&amp;quot;, is accepted at face value.  I imagine a smart, experienced, undercover DEA agent would be very difficult to catch breaking the law.</text></comment>
<story><title>Silk Road: Undercover agent admits stealing Bitcoin</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33364349</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>DaveWalk</author><text>I had wondered what would happen to the DEA agent mentioned in the big Wired stories[0][1].&lt;p&gt;As a Bitcoin novice, I was left wondering: is it a common misconception that Bitcoin is anonymous? Or rather, just how easy is it to trace someone&amp;#x27;s transactions if you know their wallet ID?&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wired.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;silk-road-1&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wired.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;silk-road-1&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;  
[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wired.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;silk-road-2&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.wired.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;silk-road-2&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>