DOJ Names Experienced Cybercrime Prosecutor As First Crypto Enforcement Director
ForbesAPR 2022
By hiring cyber sleuths, the FBI will be able to apply the tried and true law enforcement strategy of following the money even as criminals shift their work to the anonymous and decentralized currencies run on blockchain technology.
This is another example of overreach by Western governments, as when Canada recently allowed seizure of cryptocurrency from protesting truckers. What counts as crime varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the DOJ will now attempt to impose its own standards as universal.