{"id":82048,"date":"2023-07-22T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=82048"},"modified":"2025-09-12T02:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:43:57","slug":"us-doj-broadens-cryptocurrency-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/us-doj-broadens-cryptocurrency-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"US DOJ broadens cryptocurrency investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Justice will broaden its efforts to investigate cryptocurrency-related offenses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/principal-deputy-assistant-attorney-general-nicole-m-argentieri-delivers-remarks-center\">uniting<\/a> the dedicated task force with the cybercrime division.<\/p>\n<p>The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), created in 2021, will merge into the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The time has come to take NCET to the next level. The project has proven to be an exceptionally successful startup. A merger with CCIPS will give it the resources and the ability to achieve even more,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Argentieri, the merger will double the number of prosecutors available to work on crimes involving digital assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;For all those involved in cybercrime, it has become clear that their work is intertwined with cryptocurrencies, and in the future this will become even more apparent,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Argentieri noted that another consequence of the merger will be a higher profile for NCET investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The official recalled some of the group\u2019s results. In January, the department <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-authorities-arrest-founder-of-bitzlato-crypto-platform\">arrested<\/a> the founder of Bitzlato Anatoly Legkodymov on charges of laundering $700 million tied to the Hydra darknet marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2022, in Puerto Rico <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/puerto-rico-arrest-of-mango-markets-attacker\">the organizer of the attack was detained<\/a> on the DeFi platform Mango Markets, Avraham Eisenberg. The damages from the group\u2019s exploit <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/hacker-stole-more-than-100-million-from-mango-markets-defi-platform\">amounted to $116 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Argentieri also announced the departure of NCET\u2019s first director \u2014 In Yen Choi. Claudia Kiros will replace her.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the former head of the group <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/u-s-justice-department-to-tighten-oversight-of-bitcoin-exchanges\">announced<\/a> a tightening of measures against illicit activities on crypto trading platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Justice will broaden its efforts to investigate cryptocurrency-related offenses, uniting the dedicated task force with the cybercrime division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,44,26],"class_list":["post-82048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-cybercrime","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"6","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82050,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82048\/revisions\/82050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}