FBI forms cryptocurrency unit

Published February 17, 2022 9:46pm ET



The FBI is creating a new “virtual asset exploitation” unit to help the agency analyze cases involving cryptocurrency and blockchain.

The Justice Department announced Thursday that Eun Young Choi, a prosecutor who recently served as the senior counsel to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, will serve as the first director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, which will collaborate with the new FBI unit and oversee investigations of crimes committed with cryptocurrencies.

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