US Marshals investigate alleged $40 million theft from seized crypto managed by government contractor's firm

The US Marshals Service is investigating an alleged theft involving about $40 million in seized crypto assets, according to a Jan. 27 report citing blockchain investigator ZachXBT. ZachXBT accused John "Lick" Daghita, son of the president of CMDSS, a service provider to the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice, of moving assets from government crypto wallets managed by his father's company. He said he had traced at least around $23 million of funds back to roughly $90 million in crypto seized by the government during 2024 and 2025, and that he submitted a complaint to law enforcement last week. The leads allegedly came from videos shared in a Telegram group where the person involved flaunted wealth and inadvertently exposed wallet addresses that were then linked to the funds via on-chain analysis, while US Marshals Service Public Affairs Chief Brady McCarron said they could not comment further because the investigation is ongoing.