The US Marshals Service has confirmed it is investigating claims that more than $40 million in government-seized cryptocurrency was stolen from wallets under federal custody.
A spokesperson for the US Marshals Service said “the matter is under investigation” after allegations surfaced involving the son of a federal contractor responsible for safeguarding seized digital assets.
Crypto investigator ZachXBT said he traced wallets allegedly linked to John Daghita holding tens of millions of dollars in assets tied to crypto seized by US authorities in 2024 and 2025.
“John, sent me 0.6767 ETH ($1.9K) of the stolen government funds from 0xd8bc to my public wallet address,”
ZachXBT wrote in a post on X.
According to the claims, Daghita is the son of the president of Command Services & Support, a firm awarded a US Marshals contract in 2024 to help manage seized cryptocurrency.
Patrick Witt, director of the White House Crypto Council, said he was “on it” in response to the allegations shared publicly on social media.
The probe comes as estimates suggest the US government may hold more than 328,000 Bitcoin from past seizures, assets that could be worth roughly $30 billion at current prices.