Former FBI Agent Charged With Stealing Nearly $1 Million in Crypto and Using ChatGPT for Investment Advice

A former FBI counterintelligence supervisor detailed to the U.S. intelligence community faces two federal charges for stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency. Prosecutors allege the agent transferred funds from wallets tied to investigations of an adversarial nation, specifically Russia, into his personal account. The defendant reportedly used ChatGPT to seek investment advice for the stolen assets and to plan his relocation to Europe, according to official reports from federal prosecutors regarding the theft.