Former Secret Service Agent Pleads Guilty to Theft of Cryptocurrency from Evidence Vault

TUCSON, Ariz. – Anthony Joseph Evans, 32, of Tucson, pleaded guilty last week to Officer or Employee of the United States Converting Property of Another. Evans is scheduled to be sentenced on February 19, 2025, before United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez.

Evans admitted that while working as a Special Agent for the United States Secret Service in the Phoenix, Arizona Field Office in early 2022, he accessed cryptocurrency on a hard wallet held in the agency’s secure evidence vault. Evans then transferred the cryptocurrency, worth approximately $56,000, to two wallets he owned or controlled. Evans moved the cryptocurrency through various exchanges, converted most of it into U.S. dollars, and transferred the proceeds to multiple bank accounts he owned. Evans later used the money to pay for personal expenditures, including repayment of debt.

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Evans faces up to a year and a day in prison and is required to pay restitution to the victim for the value of the cryptocurrency, including any appreciation in value incurred prior to sentencing.

The United States Secret Service’s Cyber Investigative Section in Washington, DC conducted the investigation in this case. The United States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, is handling the prosecution.
 

CASE NUMBER:           CR 24-6868-TUC-RM
RELEASE NUMBER:    2024-175_Evans

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