FBI Director Kash Patel released a photo of John Dagitha in handcuffs, along with some of the items seized, including cash, flash drives, a phone and hardware wallet-like devices.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced that it has made an arrest in connection with the theft of more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the US Marshals Service.
In a Thursday X message, FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau arrested John Daguita, the son of Command Services & Support (CMDSS) president Dean Daguita, after he allegedly gained unauthorized access to wallets managed under the federal asset protection program. Patel said the arrest was made by an “elite tactical unit of the French Gendarmerie” with the FBI on the Caribbean island of St. Martin.
Patel’s social media post with a photo of Dagitha in handcuffs also included a photo of a suitcase containing cash, several thumb drives, a phone and three devices similar to Trezor hardware wallets. The FBI director has not disclosed whether any of the stolen funds have been recovered.
The alleged crypto theft was reported in January by online operator ZachXBT, who said he tracked down a wallet linked to Dagita, which contained about $23 million in digital assets linked to $90 million seized by the US government in 2024 and 2025. The US Marshals Service confirmed that it is currently investigating the matter.
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