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Ex-FBI Agent Admits Stealing $2.47M in Crypto
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Ex-FBI Agent Admits Stealing $2.47M in Crypto

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A former FBI counterintelligence supervisor pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering on Thursday after admitting he stole about $2.47 million in crypto tied to federal investigations. According to his plea, Patrick Steven Yaroch, 37, of Ashburn, Virginia, drained wallets linked to subjects of criminal investigations, adversarial nation-state actors, and at least one wallet the FBI itself created for an operation. The Washington Post also reported that documents filed with his guilty plea say some of that money belonged to at least ten victims of financial crimes the bureau was investigating.

The total is more than double the roughly $1 million prosecutors highlighted when Yaroch was first charged in August .…

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