# 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.

- Published: 2026-08-05T05:44:56.721Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-05/fbi-counterintelligence-agent-charged-with-stealing-1-millio
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
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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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