Morning Edition · Tuesday, August 4, 2026Published at 1:45 AM EDT · New York
Former FBI Agent Charged With Stealing About $1 Million in Crypto From Investigated Wallets
Prosecutors say the supervisory agent, who held top secret clearance at headquarters, used keys found during investigations and asked ChatGPT how to spend the money and move to Europe.
Federal authorities arrested a former supervisory intelligence agent at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over the theft of about $1 million in cryptocurrency. CoinDesk reports that the agent held top secret clearance and worked at…
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