Two former federal agents from Maryland are in major trouble with the law after allegedly stealing bitcoin digital currency during their investigation of the underground black market Silk Road.

Carl Force, a former Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, was arrested Friday and charged with wire fraud, theft of government property, money laundering, and conflict of interest. Shaun Bridges, a former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, self-surrendered today, and is facing charges of wire fraud and money laundering, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Both men were part of Baltimore's Silk Road Task Force, which investigated illegal activity in the marketplace. Force, 46, of Baltimore, served as an undercover agent and was tasked with investigating Ross Ulbricht, otherwise known as "Dread Pirate Roberts," the man believed to be behind Silk Road.

During his investigation, Force engaged in a "broad range of illegal activities calculated to bring him financial gain," the Justice Department said. For instance, he allegedly solicited and received digital currency as part of the investigation, but failed to report the funds to the government, and instead transferred the money to his personal account.

In one such transaction, Force sold Ulbricht information about the government's investigation. He also worked for a digital currency exchange while employed at the DEA, and directed the company to freeze a customer's account with no legal basis to do so, then transferred the money into his own account. When things started unraveling, he allegedly sent an unauthorized Justice Department subpoena to an online payment service directing it to unfreeze his personal account.

Meanwhile, Bridges, 32, of Laurel, Maryland, allegedly diverted more than $800,000 worth of digital currency collected during the Silk Road investigation into his own personal account. Bridges allegedly placed the money into an account at the now-defunct digital currency exchange Mt. Gox, and then wired funds into his personal investment accounts. That came just days before he sought a $2.1 million seizure warrant for Mt. Gox's accounts.

Both men were scheduled to appear in court today.