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Zyaire Wilkins (Steam Malware Crypto Theft Ring)

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Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins, 21, of North Lauderdale, Florida, was arrested on July 14, 2026 and charged with conspiracy to obtain information by computer for private financial gain, a federal offense carrying up to 10 years imprisonment. Wilkins and at least one unnamed co-conspirator allegedly embedded information-stealing malware in eight fake video games distributed on Steam between May 2024 and February 2026, infecting approximately 8,000 computers and draining at least $220,000 from roughly 80 cryptocurrency wallets. Investigators linked Wilkins to the scheme via a chain of Bitcoin transactions, Bitrefill gift card purchases, Uber Eats delivery records, and Google account browser cookies.

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    Timeline(9 events)

    May 2024

    Alleged malware campaign begins. Wilkins and co-conspirators start uploading fake games to Steam containing information-stealing malware.

    Federal criminal complaint via multiple media reports

    6 February 2025

    PirateFi, one of the alleged malware-laced titles, is released on Steam by a publisher using the name Seaworth Interactive.

    BleepingComputer

    12 February 2025

    Valve removes PirateFi from Steam after security researchers identify it as deploying Vidar infostealer malware. Steam advises affected users to reinstall Windows.

    BleepingComputer

    February 2026

    Alleged malware campaign ends as the final infected games are removed from Steam.

    Federal criminal complaint via multiple media reports

    March 2026

    FBI Seattle field office publicly announces investigation into Steam-distributed malware, naming eight game titles and soliciting victim reports.

    BleepingComputer

    8 July 2026

    FBI executes a residential search warrant at Wilkins' North Lauderdale home, seizing digital devices and three cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases including one Monero wallet.

    Local10 / CryptoSlate

    14 July 2026

    Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins arrested by FBI in North Lauderdale, Florida.

    Local10 / Decrypt

    16 July 2026

    Wilkins makes his initial appearance in federal court in Fort Lauderdale. Transfer to Seattle federal court pending.

    Decrypt / Local10

    17 July 2026

    FBI arrest and charges publicly reported. Case identified as the first criminal charge arising from the FBI's broader Steam malware investigation.

    TechCrunch
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    Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain13 Wayback Archives

    Decision Log

    This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 events). 13 of 14 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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    model: claude-sonnet-4-6

    generated: 7/30/2026, 12:10:45 PM

    last updated: 8/27/2026, 12:06:54 AM

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