Crypto Calamity: Contractor’s Kid Snatches $40M Plus

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On-chain sleuth ZachXBT offers a real detective story: a $40 million heist from U.S. government crypto coffers seems to trail back to John Daghita, known in digital circles as “Lick.” A familial twist: Daghita’s father runs a contracting firm, presumably connected to this governmental escapade. As to how the son gained access, well, the mystery persists, akin to those unresolved quandaries in life.

The Great Crypto Wallet Caper

In a Jan. 25 missive, ZachXBT mentions Command Services & Support (CMDSS), a firm “engaged in a lively government IT contract in Virginia,” with the supposed task of aiding the U.S. Marshals Service in managing seized crypto “treasures.” Does one inquire how such secrets were uncovered? It seems a family connection – a father’s passkey to a world often shadowed in opacity.

As an aside, one might ponder how John Daghita (Lick) managed to filch $40M+ from governmental pockets pegged for safekeeping. His father’s firm, CMDSS, is ensconced in an active IT government deal in Virginia. CMDSS’s mission: to handle, manage, and dispose of-oh! but perhaps share-the captive crypto assets. Oh, the comedy of errors! The exact method of acquisition remains as shadowy as ever.

– ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 25, 2026

This tale unfolds against an earlier chapter of investigations, published Jan. 23, where ZachXBT linked Daghita’s wallet capers and recorded chats to the infamous persona “John (Lick),” who once brandished $23M, amidst a larger suspected $90M theft from U.S. coffers in 2024. No wonder they say curiosity killed the cat – here, it exposed a bewildering $90M familial debacle.

The narrative centers around an online quarrel, almost Shakespearean in tone if not in language, between “John” and another villain, Dritan Kapplani Jr., in what is known as “band for band (b4b).” ZachXBT describes the quarrel as “thoroughly recorded,” spotlighting the constant proof of funds exchanged with the familiarity of chess pieces in daily play.

According to ZachXBT, an Exodus wallet revealed itself with a Tron address netting $2.3 million, while further screens showed $6.7M in ether whisking itself to an Ethereum address. Allegations of control over these digital fortunes abound like accusations in a crowded parlor.

In one segment of the recording, Dritan mocks John, yet John reveals via screen-share an Exodus Wallet hosting a Tron address, caressed by $2.3M:
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– ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 23, 2026

The crux of ZachXBT’s evidence: a seamless thread connecting assets across wallet addresses. “John, it seems, maneuvers them as a marionette master,” he asserts. Tracing back, a March 2024 transfer from a U.S. government address reportedly bleeds into the plot, a shadow of the 2024 hack still reaching out.

Further ties bind John to $63M-plus in suspect flows from the latter part of 2025. New channels of crypto from MEXC into the same vortex are also flagged, as if a finance novel played out in true theatric agony.

The Jan. 25 post becomes an exploration of entry mechanisms – possibly by contractor-side oversights or acts of omission. The precise ingress remains elusive, much like the path of fate itself.

Within the echo chamber of social media, CMDSS’s accounts react as if made of glass, vanishing posthaste. Meanwhile, Daghita’s voice resurfaces on Telegram, as though nothing had occurred. In the corridors of commentary, David Bailey declared urgent measures are in need for Treasury’s keys and Pierre Rochard sounded alarms for congressional action.

As I pen this, Bitcoin trades, dear reader, at $87,847.

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2026-01-26 10:27