The FBI has arrested Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins, a 21-year-old resident of Florida, in connection with a scheme that allegedly stole over $200,000 through malware-infected Steam games. Wilkins, along with two unindicted co-conspirators, is accused of distributing malicious software to approximately 8,000 PCs, then using the stolen private information to acquire cryptocurrency.
According to a criminal complaint filed by the FBI, Wilkins and his associates promoted their games, which contained embedded malware, across platforms including Discord, Telegram, X, and LinkedIn. Chatbots were reportedly employed to identify potential victims with significant cryptocurrency holdings. While the FBI complaint does not explicitly name Steam, it refers to the distribution platform as a "popular digital distribution software company for videogames located in the Western District of Washington." The games cited in the scheme – Dashverse (2024), Lunara (2024), PirateFi (2025), Blockblasters (2025), and Lampy (2026) – had previously been flagged in March 2026 for containing malicious software distributed through Steam.
Investigators identified Wilkins by tracing Google cookie records. These records indicated that an email address linked to one of the co-conspirators' Steam developer accounts was accessed from the same devices and web browsers used by a group of other Google addresses. These, in turn, were associated with Apple and T-Mobile accounts. A subsequent search warrant executed at the address linked to these accounts in February 2026 reportedly uncovered devices containing messages detailing the malware scheme and records of Bitcoin payments sent from a co-conspirator to a Signal user identified as "Sibel.eth."
"Sibel.eth" was identified as Wilkins when investigators discovered that the Bitcoin wallet receiving these payments was used to purchase over 150 gift cards. Some of these gift cards were used for UberEats orders, which authorities linked to Wilkins' University of West Florida student email address. The FBI has not identified the co-conspirator responsible for writing the malware. Over the two years the scheme was active, the FBI states that the group gained access to roughly 80 cryptocurrency wallets, stealing at least $220,000. This sum includes $35,000 taken from streamer RastalandTV, funds that had been raised to cover his stage 4 cancer treatments.