Federal agents arrested Zyaire Dontaevious Zamarion Wilkins on July 14th. The 21-year-old from North Lauderdale, Florida has been charged with conspiracy to obtain information by computer for private financial gain, a charge that carries up to ten years in prison. He was due in federal court in Fort Lauderdale the following day, with no timeline confirmed for his transfer to Washington, where the case is being prosecuted near Valve's Bellevue headquarters.
Wilkins is alleged to have been part of a scheme that ran between May 2024 and February 2026, using malware-laced games distributed through what a 15-page federal complaint describes only as "a popular digital distribution software company." The games listed – BlockBlasters, Dashverse, Lunara, and PirateFi – are amongst those previously flagged by the FBI's Seattle field office in a public Steam malware investigation earlier this year. The platform isn't named, but the connection is not difficult to make.
How 8,000 Devices Got Infected
Wilkins and others allegedly launched eight malicious games across the platform and infected roughly 8,000 devices, gaining access to around 80 crypto wallets and stealing at least $220,000 in the process. The group marketed the titles across Discord, Telegram, X, and LinkedIn,...
