FBI Agent Allegedly Stole $1M in Crypto from Adversarial Nation

A search of Yaroch's iPhone turned up a series of queries submitted to ChatGPT. In one, he asked: "If you had a bucket of money (around $1 million) and you wanted to leave the USA and become a resident or citizen of an EU country, what would you do?"

Yaroch was fired from the FBI and charged with interstate transportation and receipt of stolen goods, securities and monies. The case raises uncomfortable questions about internal security at an agency tasked with investigating crypto crime. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center said it received 181,565 crypto-related complaints last year reporting $11.4 billion in losses – losses that, in this case, came from inside the building.

Lawmakers have proposed a bill to create a Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Task Force within the Justice Department. "As digital assets shape the future of finance, this bill protects consumers and cracks down on thieves," Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas), a sponsor, said in a June news release when the legislation was proposed. The bill has not yet advanced to a floor vote.