The FBI has detained John Daghit, who is suspected of stealing cryptocurrencies from wallets belonging to the United States government. It is about as much as USD 46 million and funds that the US services have seized from other criminals over the years. The case also involves the suspect’s father.
The FBI arrested a hacker who robbed the US government?
The first person to follow Daghit was an independent cryptocurrency analyst ZachBXT. It was he who started tracking the blockchain crumbs that the alleged thief lost. At the beginning of the year, he published a report that helped the services.
One of the addresses ZachBXT targeted was one containing approximately $36 million worth of cryptocurrencies. It turned out that it was related to the operation of seizing digital assets by the American services in 2024-2025.
A surprising family plot
There is a very interesting thread in this case. John Daghita is the son of Dean Daghita, who works at Command Services & Support (CMDSS). It is an IT company that cooperated with the US Marshals Service (an American federal agency, controlled and managed by the United States Department of Justice; it was responsible for managing cryptocurrencies that the services seized from criminals).
It is currently unknown whether this is significant information, but it can be assumed that John Daghita may have stolen important information from his father that helped him rob the government. It is also unclear whether Dean Daghita was involved in his son’s activities.
For now, as reported by the FBI, John Daghita has been placed at the disposal of American federal services. During his arrest, he had with him a suitcase with cash, several hardware wallets for cryptocurrencies and other data carriers.
Daghita is currently a suspect – no charges have been formally brought against him yet. It is the prosecutor’s office that will decide his fate: whether he will be charged at all.
