The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is doubling its staffing, bringing its cryptocrime team to amalgamation.
Both are affiliated with the DOJ, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Nicole Argentieri said in her July 20 speech. National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) And Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Division (CCIPS) announced that they will merge. Under the merger DOJ, a new unit director appointed and of NCET number of elements will increase stated.
in conjunction of NCET It was noted that CCIPS will continue its current functions and missions, and that CCIPS will also have the opportunity to benefit from its workforce. Deputy Attorney General of Lisa Monaco by order 2021 in the year crypto including fraud And with financial crimes established to combat NCET, success proved and more with this method to the source was stated to be achieved.
In addition, with the combination much stronger of CCIPS ransomware with make war and them to obstruct much more than before equipped was among the statements of Argentieri.
And also of NCET director since its inception. Eun Young Choi instead of DOJ staff Claudia Quiroz was brought.
Soon Federal Trade Commission (FTC) In a report he published, crypto currency scams on social media is increasing more and more stating that the platform with the most frequent cases Instagram had said it was.