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FBI Agent Allegedly Admits to $1 Million Crypto Theft

FBI Agent Allegedly Admits to $1 Million Crypto Theft
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An FBI agent has allegedly turned himself in for stealing roughly $1 million in cryptocurrency. Patrick Steven Yaroch had contacted a Department of Justice (DOJ) employee last week and admitted to making “very poor decisions related to cryptocurrency wallets,” according to an FBI affidavit filed Monday (Aug. The filing alleges that Yaroch used FBI systems to gain access to keys necessary to move funds from crypto accounts tied to an “ adversarial nation ,” making around 10 transfers beginnin

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