I concede that it's technically possible there is some circumstance here that could make it rational. But speaking generally,a solidly middle class federal emp

I concede that it's technically possible there is some circumstance here that could make it rational. But speaking generally,a solidly middle class federal employee, with a comfortable pension ahead of him, stealing crypto from the federal government? That's stupid. If this is what happened (again), he'll almost certainly be caught, or spend the rest of his life on the run. We're not talking about a starving man stealing a loaf of bread. That would be a rational theft.