Notorious Crypto Bandit Launches Memecoin-Because Crime Pays in Solana

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The Essential Points

  • The enigmatic rogue known as Lick unveiled his latest financial escapade-a memecoin dubbed $LICK on Solana, executed with all the finesse of a drunken gambler at a rigged roulette table.
  • Lick, accused of pilfering a staggering $40 million from U.S. government coffers, has now turned his dubious talents to fleecing retail investors instead.
  • Meanwhile, Uncle Sam clutches his Bitcoin stash like a miser hoarding gold, while the fate of seized crypto remains as murky as a Petersburg fog.

John Daghita, or “Lick” as he is infamously known-a man whose exploits could make even Raskolnikov blush-has graced the crypto world with yet another dubious venture: the $LICK memecoin on Solana. Security analysts at Bubblemaps noted with dry amusement that Lick retained a princely 40% of the token supply, cheerfully promoting his scheme via Telegram streams-because why not?

John Daghita (@lick), who stole $40M from the US government, just launched $LICK on pumpfun and is live streaming on Telegram

He holds 40% of the supply

Unhinged

– Bubblemaps (@bubblemaps) January 27, 2026

Dexscreener data revealed the fleeting spectacle-prices soared to a dizzying $0.0009029, a 1,200% ascent, before collapsing like a poorly constructed dacha in a Siberian winter. Such volatility, one might say, is poetic justice.

A Thief’s Curriculum Vitae

Lick’s alleged misdeeds extend far beyond mere token tomfoolery. On-chain sleuth ZachXBT claims the man siphoned $40 million from government wallets in 2024, followed by additional heists in late 2025. His digital fingerprints were found on wallets linked to the 2016 Bitfinex hack-because why stop at one crime when you can collect them like trading cards?

“Behold the threat actor John (Lick), caught preening over $23M in a wallet connected to $90M+ in suspected thefts from the U.S. Government,” ZachXBT declared in a tweet that read like an indictment written by Gogol.

1/ Meet the threat actor John (Lick), who was caught flexing $23M in a wallet address directly tied to $90M+ in suspected thefts from the US Government in 2024 and multiple other unidentified victims from Nov 2025 to Dec 2025.

– ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 23, 2026

Adding intrigue worthy of a Dostoevsky novel, Lick’s father owns CMDSS-a firm contracted by the U.S. Marshals Service to manage seized crypto. A coincidence? Or merely another layer of bureaucratic absurdity?

The State’s Dubious Custodianship

The U.S. Marshals Service, upon discovering that $40 million in seized crypto might have vanished into Lick’s pockets, announced an investigation-though one suspects their reaction time rivals that of a hibernating bear. CMDSS, the Virginia-based contractor entangled in this mess, now finds itself under scrutiny.

This debacle casts a shadow over the government’s handling of its crypto reserves-328,372 Bitcoin, worth roughly $29 billion, currently sit in its vaults. One wonders if they are guarded any better than the Tsar’s jewels.

Amidst the chaos, the Department of Justice confirmed that assets from the Samourai Wallet case remain firmly in federal hands-part of the so-called Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking at Davos, assured the world that seized Bitcoin (including Tornado Cash funds) will not be sold but hoarded indefinitely-because nothing says “financial strategy” like sitting on a pile of digital gold.

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2026-01-28 10:46