[A Suspect Accused of Stealing Crypto Assets Controlled by the U.S. Government Arrested] Odaily Planet Daily reports that the French Gendarmerie Tactical Unit and FBI agents conducted a joint operation on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, arresting John Daghita, who goes by the online aliases 'John' or 'Lick.' He is suspected of stealing crypto assets from wallets controlled by the U.S. government. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the arrest on social media and shared photos of seized hardware wallets and a briefcase containing a large amount of U.S. dollars. The case originated from the disappearance of over $20 million in cryptocurrency from a federal custodial wallet in October 2024. These assets had been previously seized during the investigation of the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hacking incident. Blockchain analysis traced approximately $24.9 million of the originally seized funds to addresses controlled by the suspect. These addresses were part of a larger cluster managing over $90 million in suspicious assets. The investigation progressed thanks to the work of blockchain researcher ZachXBT, who publicly tracked transaction flows related to the compromised government wallet in January 2026. The suspect's father, Dean Daghita, is the president of Command Services & Support, a company that was awarded a contract by the U.S. Marshals Service in October 2024 to oversee the custody and liquidation of certain categories of seized cryptocurrency. This connection has prompted scrutiny of internal system access permissions.