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FBI agent pleads guilty to stealing $2.4 million in crypto from nation-state hackers
Why it’s here: A senior FBI counterintelligence official pleaded guilty to stealing crypto seized from nation-state wallets, exposing FBI sources and methods, which raises federal insider-threat, DOJ prosecution, and national security policy questions.
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9d agoThe RecordFBI agent pleads guilty to stealing $2.4 million in crypto from nation-state hackersFormer FBI supervisory agent Patrick Steven Yaroch pleaded guilty to stealing over $2.4 million in cryptocurrency; he faces sentencing in March.1 outletCyber14 linked
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