Ex-NCA officer ordered to repay £1.8M for stealing seized Bitcoin

Former UK National Crime Agency officer Paul Chowles, who stole 50 Bitcoin during the Silk Road 2.0 investigation, has been ordered to pay £1,810,678.93. In 2017 he moved the coins from Thomas White's "retirement wallet" through the Bitcoin Fog mixer.

• Chowles stole 50 of the 97 Bitcoin seized from Silk Road 2.0 admin Thomas White
• The coins were worth about £60,000 in 2017 and over £4.4 million by 2025
• Liverpool Crown Court sentenced him to five and a half years; he was dismissed from the NCA on July 11, 2025
• Police recovered only 30 of the 50 stolen coins