# Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $2.5M in Crypto From 35 Investigations

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/former-fbi-agent-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-2-5m-in-crypto-from-35-investigations/
- Published: 2026-11-06T10:57:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T11:40:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Decrypt
- Original article: https://decrypt.co/382695/former-fbi-agent-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-2-5m-in-crypto-from-35-investigations
- Topics: AI, Business, Crypto, Europe, Technology, World

## Key points

- Former FBI agent admits stealing about $2.47 million in cryptocurrency.
- The transfers used credentials from 35 investigations.
- Yaroch faces up to 20 years in prison.

## Summary

Former FBI agent Patrick Steven Yaroch has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after stealing about $2.47 million in cryptocurrency using credentials collected in FBI investigations. The theft compromised investigations into criminal groups and foreign adversaries, along with intelligence sources and methods.

Prosecutors say Yaroch made about 100 transfers using credentials from 35 investigations, then moved the funds through other cryptocurrencies to conceal their origin. He used some of the money to pay debts and planned to move to Portugal; agents recovered about $925,000 from crypto accounts. He faces up to 20 years in prison and is due to be sentenced on 4 March 2027.

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