What a twist. The FBI has just detained a guy in Saint Martin who is suspected of stealing cryptocurrency worth $46 million directly from U.S. government vaults. John Dagita is the son of the head of CMDSS, a company entrusted in 2024 with managing confiscated crypto-assets by the Federal Marshals Service. Ironic, isn’t it?

Crypto analyst ZachXBT conducted an investigation and found that Dagita may have been involved in the theft of at least $40 million. How did they figure him out? He made a typical mistake—he argued with another hacker on Telegram and, right there, accidentally showed a transfer of $23 million between his wallets. After that, it was just a matter of technique—the trail was found.

The detention operation was carried out jointly with the French gendarmerie. FBI Director Кэш Патель personally confirmed the information about the cryptocurrency theft and the arrest. This once again shows that even if you’re on another continent, international law-enforcement cooperation works effectively.

This case is interesting from the standpoint of security and asset management. When the government itself manages confiscated crypto-assets, the risk of internal theft remains real. That’s why transparency and multi-layered control systems in this area are so important.