Patrick Steven Yaroch admitted to wire fraud and money laundering after diverting digital assets from wallets involved in 35 different federal investigations.
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Patrick Steven Yaroch admitted to wire fraud and money laundering after diverting digital assets from wallets involved in 35 different federal investigations.
Yaroch will pay at least $2.4 million in restitution and will forfeit any profits he would earn in the future from telling his story. A former FBI agent has pleaded guilty to stealing about $2.47 million in crypto from FBI investigations. Patrick Steven Yaroch admitted to wire fraud and money laundering.
He admitted that he stole more than double the $1 million he first stated when he came forward in July. Bitcoin Magazine Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.47 Million in Crypto From Investigations Patrick Steven Yaroch, 37, of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and money laundering after using wallet credentials from 35 FBI investigations to take about $2.47 million in cryptocurrency.
The Block reported the story as "Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to stealing $2.47 million in crypto from wallets tied to 35 investigations."
5 sources have covered this story, including The Block, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoin Magazine and Unchained and 1 other outlet. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 19 hours ago.
Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 47 million, 35); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
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Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to stealing $2.47 million in crypto from wallets tied to 35 investigations
Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to $2.5M crypto theft he first lowballed
Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.47 Million in Crypto From Investigations
Ex-FBI Agent's Plea Puts Crypto Theft at $2.47 Million, Over Twice What He First Told the FBI
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- FirstDecryptNov 6, 5:57 AM ET · United StatesCenter
- +5h 38mUnchainedNov 6, 11:34 AM ET · United StatesCenter
- +6h 3mBitcoin MagazineNov 6, 12:00 PM ET · United StatesCenter
- +9h 8mCryptopolitanNov 6, 3:05 PM ET · United StatesCenter
- +34hThe BlockNov 7, 3:59 PM ET · United StatesCenter
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