States Hold Crypto They Cannot Fully Secure
As governments accumulate seized digital assets, insider access to bearer keys becomes a recurring loss channel and forces public agencies to adopt the multi-party custody controls they demand of regulated firms.
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Prosecutors charged former FBI supervisory agent Patrick Steven Yaroch with taking about $1 million in crypto from wallets tied to investigations after memorizing recovery phrases found in bureau systems; agents seized $925,426 from his accounts on Monday. Recovery phrases sitting readable inside case systems is exactly the single-person bearer-key exposure that multi-party custody controls exist to prevent.
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Supporting · August 4, 2026
Former FBI Agent Charged With Taking $1 Million in Crypto From Wallets Tied to Investigations
Prosecutors charged former FBI supervisory agent Patrick Steven Yaroch with taking about $1 million in crypto from wallets tied to investigations after memorizing recovery phrases found in bureau systems; agents seized $925,426 from his accounts on Monday. Recovery phrases sitting readable inside case systems is exactly the single-person bearer-key exposure that multi-party custody controls exist to prevent.
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