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- The FBI arrested a 21-year-old in Florida for embedding malware in Steam games that were downloaded to about 8,000 PCs.
- He used chatbots and posts on X, Discord, Telegram, and LinkedIn to lure victims to download the infected games.
- The scheme stole about $220,000 from roughly 80 crypto wallets; the FBI traced it through emails, cookies, and seized devices.
The FBI has arrested Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins, a 21-year-old Florida resident, for allegedly embedding malware in Steam games that were downloaded by 8,000 PCs.
Wilkins, who was arrested last week, has been accused of using the private information taken from users' computers to steal over $220,000 in cryptocurrency, some of which was then used to purchase Uber Eats gift cards. According to the FBI's files (via Techspot), Wilkins convinced users to download the malware-infected games on platforms like Twitter, Discord, Telegram, and even LinkedIn. He also created several AI-powered chatbots that hunted down people with "large cryptocurrency holdings" for him to target.
While the FBI doesn't specifically name Steam in its documents, it says the games were "available for download on a popular digital distribution software company for video games located in the Western District of Washington," which clearly refers to Valve's digital platform. Games used to infect computers with malware include the following AI-slop-sounding titles: Dashverse (2024), Lunara (2024), PirateFi (2025), Blockblasters (2025), and Lampy (2026).
It seems like the FBI followed a pretty straightforward email trail
Wilkins' Bitcoin wallet was used to buy over 150 Uber Eats gift cards
The FBI was able to catch Wilkins and his associates with the help of cookie records related to the email address tied to one of his co-conspirators' Steam developer accounts, which was accessed by devices and browsers used by several other Google email addresses. These email addresses were then associated with specific Apple and T-Mobile accounts that ultimately led directly to Wilkins. Basically, it seems like all the FBI needed to do was follow the trail of emails Wilkins left behind.
In February 2026, the FBI obtained a search warrant for the Apple and T-Mobile accounts and seized several devices that included messages related to the malware scheme, including a reference to a Signal user named Sibel.eth, who the FBI says was allegedly Wilkins. The investigation then led the FBI to uncover that Sibel.eth's Bitcoin wallet was used to buy over 150 Uber Eats gift cards that were tied to orders allegedly linked to Wilkins' University of West Florida email address.
In total, the FBI says that Wilkins and his co-conspirators, who allegedly wrote the malware used in the scheme, gained access to 80 cryptocurrency wallets.
