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Morning Edition · Wednesday, August 5, 2026Published at 1:44 AM EDT · New York
FBI Counterintelligence Agent Charged With Stealing $1 Million in Seized Crypto
Prosecutors say Patrick Steven Yaroch planned to leave the country with the funds, while three Missouri men pleaded not guilty to a separate plot to rob a bitcoin holder at home.
Patrick Steven Yaroch, a supervisory special agent in the counterintelligence division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is accused of stealing close to $1 million in cryptocurrency that court documents describe as having been t…
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