Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to $2.5M crypto theft he first lowballed

Patrick Steven Yaroch, 37, of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty on Thursday to wire fraud and money laundering for stealing about $2.47 million in cryptocurrency seized in FBI investigations, the Justice Department said. Yaroch, a former FBI agent who worked in the Boston office from 2017 to early 2025 and later in the Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, admitted making about 100 fraudulent transfers using wallet credentials from 35 investigations. He first told a Justice Department colleague in late July that he had moved about $1 million. He faces up to 20 years in prison and is scheduled for sentencing on March 4, 2027.