An officer from the Nationwide Crime Company (NCA) has been charged over the alleged theft of £60,000 value of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
Paul Chowles, 42, from Bristol, is charged with 15 offences regarding the alleged theft of fifty Bitcoin throughout an investigation into on-line organised crime in 2017, Merseyside Police stated.
The power stated the Bitcoin, a type of digital cash, would have been value virtually £60,000 on the time of the alleged offences.
Mr Chowles is because of seem at Liverpool Magistrates’ Courtroom on 25 April.
He faces 11 counts of concealing, disguising or changing felony property, three counts of buying, utilizing or possessing felony property, and one rely of theft.
Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s particular crime division, stated: “Felony proceedings in opposition to this defendant are actually energetic and he has the best to a good trial.
“This can be very essential that there needs to be no reporting, commentary or sharing of knowledge on-line which might in any approach prejudice these proceedings.”
