The UK Crown Prosecution Service has signed a confiscation order against former National Crime Agency officer Paul Chowles, targeting more than £1.8 million in assets, or about $2.4 million. According to Techub News, Chowles stole 50 Bitcoin in 2017 from assets seized in the Silk Road 2.0 case. At the time, the Bitcoin was worth about $77,000. Chowles was sentenced in July 2025 to five years and six months in prison. The case links a past theft of seized crypto assets to a later asset recovery action by prosecutors.
The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has signed a confiscation order against former National Crime Agency officer Paul Chowles, covering more than £1.8 million in assets, or about $2.4 million.
According to Techub News, Chowles stole 50 BTC in 2017 from assets seized in the Silk Road 2.0 case. Those holdings were worth about $77,000 at the time.
He was sentenced in July 2025 to five years and six months in prison.
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