FBI Arrests Florida Man in $220,000 Steam Crypto Theft Case
A 21-year-old Florida man has been arrested for allegedly helping distribute malware through video games that infected about 8,000 devices and stole at least $220,000 in cryptocurrency.
Federal agents arrested Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins (aka Zyaire Wilkins) of North Lauderdale on July 14. A criminal complaint filed in Seattle charges him with conspiracy to obtain information from computers for private financial gain.
Court records accuse Wilkins of financing malware development and helping promote infected games between May 2024 and February 2026. Prosecutors say the operation accessed approximately 80 cryptocurrency wallets using private information stolen from victims’ computers.
Malware-Infected Games Reached Thousands of PCs
Although the complaint refers to an unnamed “popular digital distribution software company,” the details point to Steam. As reported by Hackread.com in March 2026, the FBI’s Seattle Division separately describes its case as a Steam malware investigation and names BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse/DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi and Tokenova.
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