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Former FBI agent pleads guilty to $2.47 million crypto theft

Prosecutors say former FBI agent Patrick Steven Yaroch pleaded guilty to stealing $2.47 million in crypto, according to The Defiant. The report states he used credentials tied to 35 FBI investigations, compromising cases and intelligence sources and methods.

Why “Unverified”

  • Reported by The Defiant alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet

1 independent source group across 1 post · evidence score 52/100. How labels work

What the sources claim

  1. Prosecutors say a former FBI agent pleaded guilty to stealing $2.47 million in crypto.

    “Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to $2.47 Million Crypto Theft”
    The Defiant
  2. The former agent, Patrick Steven Yaroch, used credentials tied to 35 FBI investigations.

    “Patrick Steven Yaroch used credentials tied to 35 FBI investigations”
    The Defiant
  3. The conduct compromised FBI cases and intelligence sources and methods.

    “compromising cases and intelligence sources and methods”
    The Defiant

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