Ex-FBI counterintelligence agent pleads guilty to stealing $2.47M in crypto using wallet credentials the FBI had seized in 35 investigations
- Insider-risk lesson: seized keys and seed phrases are live funds; store them in custody with dual control and alerting on any outbound transfer, not in case systems a broad squad can read.
- He faces up to 20 years.
Sources: U.S. Attorney's Office EDVA press release: former FBI agent pleads guilty to cryptocurrency theft, Nov 5 (via Public mirror) · The Record: FBI agent pleads guilty to stealing $2.4 million in crypto (Nov 6)