Written by Turner Wright,Staff Writer
Reviewed by Robert Lakin,Staff EditorFBI arrests custody company CEO‘s son over alleged $46M crypto theft
32 minutes agoFBI director Kash Patel posted a photo a handcuffed John Daghita, as well as one of seized items including cash, thumb drives, a phone and devices resembling hardware wallets.
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Follow our Subscribe onThe US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that it had made an arrest related to the theft of more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the US Marshals Service.
In a Thursday X post, FBI Director Kash Patel said that the bureau had arrested John Daghita, the son of Command Services & Support (CMDSS) president Dean Daghita, after he allegedly gained unauthorized access to wallets managed under the federal asset protection program. Patel said the arrest was carried out by the “French Gendarmerie’s premier elite tactical unit” with the FBI on the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.
Patel’s social media post with a photo of a handcuffed Daghita, also included a photo of a suitcase containing cash, several thumb drives, a phone and three devices resembling Trezor hardware wallets. The FBI director did not disclose whether any of the stolen funds had been recovered.
The alleged crypto theft was reported in January by online sleuth ZachXBT, who said that he had traced a wallet linked to Daghita holding about $23 million in digital assets connected to $90 million reportedly seized by the US government in 2024 and 2025. The US Marshals Service confirmed that it was investigating the matter at the time.
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