Tagged: national cryptocurrency enforcement team

January 18, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Fueled a high-tech axis of cryptocrime.” The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the arrest of Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, a Russian national who resides in Shenzhen, China, as the founder and operator of Bitzlato, a crypto exchange the feds have alleged to have processed… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 2:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Justice has announced the selection of Eun Young Choi as the first Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET). The new division at Justice is in recognition of the growth of the digital asset sector as well as the need… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 7:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Justice has announced a new National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET).  According to the DOJ, the NCET builds upon MLARS’s Digital Currency Initiative and will be informed by the Department’s Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework, released in October 2020. The NCET will not only… Read More