FBI AGENT CHARGED WITH STEALING NEARLY $1M IN CRYPTO TIED TO RUSSIA

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Federal prosecutors charged former FBI supervisory agent Patrick Yaroch with transferring roughly $925,000 from cryptocurrency wallets linked to Russia into his personal accounts using private keys found in FBI systems. According to court filings, Yaroch later confessed and surrendered access to the wallets, while the FBI said it fired him and opened a broader investigation.