Florida man strikes again, this time uses virus

A notorious Florida figure, famed for his outrageous escapades, has once again captured headlines—this time by masterminding a sophisticated cryptocurrency scam that exploited malware‑laden games on a leading digital distribution platform.

According to The Verge, 21‑year‑old Zyaire Wilkins, a Florida resident, has been arrested alongside several co‑conspirators. Authorities allege that the group siphoned more than $220,000 by exploiting eight malicious games that circulated on the platform from May 2024 through February 2026. The malware compromised over 8,000 devices, enabling Wilkins and his partners to breach 80 cryptocurrency wallets.

The Verge notes that while the report does not explicitly name the platform, the implicated titles are directly tied to the FBI’s ongoing probe into malware‑infected games—a story we first covered in March. The agency had previously solicited public tips on eight suspicious titles, many of which were subsequently removed by the platform’s developer, Valve, before the original article was published.

One of the flagged games, Lampy, remained available on the platform as late as March, but appears to have been delisted by either Valve or its creator sometime thereafter.

BlockBlasters, the rogue title that caught the FBI’s attention in its public request for information, has been uncovered as the culprit behind a crypto heist exceeding $150,000. The malicious code slipped into players’ wallets while the game was listed on Steam, yet its reach extended far beyond the platform—distributing through Telegram, X, and Discord channels, as highlighted in this report and corroborated by our March coverage.