An FBI Agent Is Charged With Stealing Nearly $1 Million in Seized Cryptocurrency

A supervisory FBI agent faces two federal charges after allegedly moving more than $900,000 from "adversarial" cryptocurrency accounts tied to overseas criminal targets into his personal wallet. The bureau fired Patrick Steven Yaroch last week, and he was arrested on charges including interstate transportation of stolen goods. Cases like this are the recurring weak point of crypto seizures: the same custody that makes funds recoverable makes them movable by whoever holds the keys.