U.S. prosecutors charge Florida man with stealing $220K in crypto via malware-laced Steam games

U.S. federal prosecutors have charged 21-year-old Florida resident Zyaire Wilkins with allegedly stealing cryptocurrency by embedding malware in Steam games. Prosecutors said Wilkins inserted malware into at least eight games from May 2024 to February 2026, infecting about 8,000 devices and stealing more than $220,000 from about 80 cryptocurrency wallets. The games named in the case were BlockBlasters, Chemia, Dashverse, DashFPS, Lampy, Lunara, PirateFi and Tokenova. Some of the games had already been removed from Steam over security concerns. Investigators said Wilkins promoted the games through Discord, Telegram, X and LinkedIn to encourage downloads, then used the malware to steal personal information and assets from crypto wallets. The FBI said it identified the suspect by analyzing on-chain fund flows and digital payment records. In particular, investigators traced purchases of more than 150 gift cards on crypto gift card platform Bitrefill from a wallet allegedly linked to Wilkins, which helped them confirm a phone number and address. The case has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.