Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to $2.5M crypto theft he first lowballed

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. How did a former FBI agent steal $2.47 million in crypto? Yaroch, 37, of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing about $2.47 million in crypto seized by the FBI during investigations. Yaroch first confessed to a Justice Department colleague in late July, admitting that he had moved money about 10 to 12 times into one wallet worth around $1 million. He said he was not sure of the exact total because he had mixed the money with his own investment gains.

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