CRIMEAug 4 · 18:51 UTCBITCOIN MAGAZINEMathew Di Salvo

FBI Agent Accused of $1 Million Crypto Theft From ‘Adversarial Nation’

An FBI Supervisory Special Agent is accused of stealing $925,426.07 in seized cryptocurrencies from an 'adversarial nation' by transferring funds to personal wallets. The agent confessed to a Department of Justice employee and was fired from the FBI on July 31. Court documents describe the evidence against him as strong, with charges carrying up to 10 years of incarceration each.

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Patrick Steven YarochpersonFederal Bureau of InvestigationorganizationDepartment of JusticeorganizationBitcoin Magazineorganizationadversarial nationtopicKrakenorganizationBitcointopicstablecoinstopicAshburn, Virginiaplace

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