Former FBI agent set to plead guilty to stealing $1M in crypto

Patrick Steven Yaroch allegedly used his access to counterintelligence case files to drain wallets tied to an investigation of adversarial nations A former FBI supervisory special agent is expected to plead guilty to stealing roughly $1 million in crypto. The coins came from wallets the bureau was watching as part of a counterintelligence investigation. The defendant is Patrick Steven Yaroch. He is set to enter a guilty plea on November 4, 2026, in US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. The charges relate to the theft of approximately $1 million in digital assets.