Telegram-споры раскрыли личность сына CEO, укравшего $40 млн у США Translation: Telegram disputes revealed the identity of the CEOs son who stole $40 million from the U.S.

On-chain investigator ZachXBT has identified the individual responsible for siphoning off $40 million from a U.S. government wallet, which was used for holding seized funds.

The perpetrator is a user named John Lick Dagita, the son of Dean Dagita, the CEO of Command Services & Support (CMDSS).

In October 2024, this company was awarded a contract by the U.S. Marshals Service to manage and liquidate “Class 2-4” confiscated cryptocurrencies. This classification includes coins that are not listed on major centralized exchanges.

ZachXBT became interested after watching a video recording of a dispute in a Telegram chat, where the user known as Lick was trying to assert his financial superiority over others.

In the screen recording, the suspect showcased his Exodus wallet, which held around $2.3 million in TRON. Subsequently, in real-time, John Dagita revealed another address on the Ethereum network and transferred $6.7 million to it.

By the time the argument concluded, one wallet had accumulated $23 million.

The on-chain investigator connected these funds to the address 0xc7a2, which received $24.9 million from a government account holding confiscated Bitfinex assets in March 2024.

ZachXBT had previously discussed a theft of approximately $20 million in October that year. Most of the funds were returned within 24 hours, but $700,000 transferred through exchanges could not be traced and recovered.

Another address belonging to Lick was associated with incoming transactions totaling $63 million from alleged victims and government seizure addresses in the fourth quarter of 2025.

ZachXBT published the Telegram account ID of the perpetrator, prompting him to quickly delete all his NFT names and change his display name on his profile.

Later, Dagita sent the on-chain investigator $20 in ETH from one of the wallets linked to the stolen funds.

Following this incident, the company’s website, along with its pages on X and LinkedIn, was deactivated, while the person of interest created a Telegram channel.

ZachXBT also shared photos of John Dagita displaying luxury watches and cars.

It’s worth noting that in December, the on-chain investigator tracked down a scammer who had stolen over $2 million within a year using social engineering tactics.