A U.S. government contractor who allegedly stole more than $46 million in cryptocurrency from the U.S. Marshalls service was arrested Wednesday night on the island of Saint Martin, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel.

He revealed in a Thursday X post that the contractor, John Daghita, was apprehended by the French Gendarmerie’s premier elite tactical unit in a joint operation with the FBI. Saint Martin currently has a French side and a Dutch side, and the Gendarmerie is part of the French armed forces.

“Thanks to the International Cooperation Team Serious Crime Unit of the French Gendarmerie National in Saint Martin, and the Groupe d’intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale of…