US EditionFederal Contractor Who Allegedly Stole $46 Million in Crypto Arrested in Caribbean, FBI Says
John Daghita, son of a government contractor, was arrested following a months-long investigation after allegedly stealing $46 million in cryptocurrency seized by U.S. Marshals Service.
- On Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel said John Daghita was arrested on Saint Martin in a joint operation with French Gendarmerie, accused of stealing more than $46 million from U.S. Marshals Service crypto holdings.
- Blockchain investigator ZachXBT traced a wallet holding roughly 12,540 ETH, worth over $36 million, and alerted authorities in late January, according to the source.
- Images show law enforcement seized a briefcase of cash, USB drives, hard drives, security keys, and Daghita handcuffed with a pool visible in the background.
- With Daghita now in custody, U.S. authorities are expected to pursue extradition as the investigation continues, while the FBI will work 24/7 with international partners and CMDSS's online presence has vanished amid identity disputes.
- Chainalysis reported rising crypto crime trends, with on-chain links to the 2016 Bitfinex hack funds raising custody and oversight concerns, experts note.
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The FBI conducted the investigation, but it was the French GIGN gendarmes who arrested a man suspected of embezzling 46 million dollars of cryptocurrency. He betrayed himself by boasting of his fraud on the Internet. He did not go unnoticed in the neighborhood. This taste a little too pronounced for the party leads them to him. The American is currently incarcerated in Guadeloupe, waiting to be extradited to his country. (Police, justice and oth…
He is said to have robbed the U.S. government of crypto money worth more than $46 million (about €39.5 million) – now the suspect has been arrested in the Caribbean. Gendarmerie has taken him into custody on the French part of the island of St. Martin in a joint operation, FBI director Kash Patel told on Platform X. The man is accused of having stolen the money from the U.S. Marshals Service. Among other things, the agency holds digital assets c…
The young man, the son of a U.S. government subcontractor, allegedly siphoned tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from state portfolios. He was arrested in the West Indies by the GIGN of Guadeloupe and the FBI.
FBI: Government Contractor Accused of Stealing $46 Million in Crypto
Authorities have arrested a U.S. government contractor accused of stealing over $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. Marshals Service. The post FBI: Government Contractor Accused of Stealing $46 Million in Crypto from U.S. Marshals Service appeared first on Breitbart.
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