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FBI agent allegedly turns himself in for $1 million crypto theft

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FBI agent allegedly turns himself in for $1 million crypto theft
FBI agent allegedly turns himself in for $1 million crypto theft
The agent allegedly used FBI systems to access the keys needed to transfer funds from cryptocurrency accounts associated with an "adversarial nation" to himself.
NBC News
NBC News5 hrs ago
Feds charge ‘frustrated’ FBI agent they say stole nearly $1 million in crypto from Russia
The FBI supervisory special agent believed the FBI “could not or would not act against adversarial cryptocurrency accounts,” prosecutors said.
Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner🏁 first to report8 hrs ago
FBI agent accused of leveraging classified intel in $1 million crypto theft
An FBI agent who had been with the bureau since 2017 was arrested Friday and charged with transferring around $1 million in cryptocurrency to his personal wallet.  The FBI’s arrest affidavit, which it filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Saturday, describes Patrick Steven Yaroch as a