Magistrate judge Zia Faruqui, and Jessi Brooks, assistant U.S. attorney in the national security section at the United States Attorney’s Office, have prosecuted several cryptocurrency-related cases, many of them amongst the most well-known. In this episode, they talk about: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how they came to be involved in the prosecution of so many cases involving cryptocurrency</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the nature of civil forfeiture cases</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the Al-Qassam Brigades case, which led to the largest ever seizure of a terrorist organization’s cryptocurrency accounts, and the terrorist organization’s use of dynamic addresses in an attempt to elude detection by authorities.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how Al Qaeda used Telegram to pursue cryptocurrency donations</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the case involving ISIS and counterfeit PPE for COVID</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the process of seizing funds from unhosted wallets</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the North Korean affiliated Lazarus Group, and how they were able to amass $2580 million worth of cryptocurrency</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the methods hackers will use to cash out stolen crypto funds to fiat</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how different government agencies in the U.S., as well as in other countries, are coordinated when tackling these cases</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the Welcome to Video case and how they went about prosecuting a person in a foreign country</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how they’ve seen the use of cryptocurrencies by criminals evolve over time</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">and whether or not they think decentralized exchanges will make it easier for criminals and hackers to cash out</li> </ul>   Thank you to our sponsor!  <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://www.crypto.com</a>   Episode links:  Jessi Brooks: <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-brooks-8289ab32/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-brooks-8289ab32/</a> Zia’s Faruqui: <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/zia-faruqui-a73ba11a5/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/zia-faruqui-a73ba11a5/</a>   Three terror-finance cybercrime cases: <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/global-disruption-three-terror-finance-cyber-enabled-campaigns"> https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/global-disruption-three-terror-finance-cyber-enabled-campaigns</a>   The Al-Qassam Brigades case: <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/global-disruption-three-terror-finance-cyber-enabled-campaigns"> https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/global-disruption-three-terror-finance-cyber-enabled-campaigns</a>   Scam PPE site: <a href= "https://www.wired.com/story/isis-allegedly-ran-a-covid-19-ppe-scam-site/"> https://www.wired.com/story/isis-allegedly-ran-a-covid-19-ppe-scam-site/</a>   Civil forfeiture complaint against North Korea-affiliated hackers, Lazarus Group:  <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/united-states-files-complaint-forfeit-280-cryptocurrency-accounts-tied-hacks-two"> https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/united-states-files-complaint-forfeit-280-cryptocurrency-accounts-tied-hacks-two</a> <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1310411/download"> https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1310411/download</a> <a href= "https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/lazarus-group-north-korea-doj-complaint-august-2020"> https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/lazarus-group-north-korea-doj-complaint-august-2020</a>   Welcome to Video indictment: <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-korean-national-and-hundreds-others-charged-worldwide-takedown-largest-darknet-child"> https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-korean-national-and-hundreds-others-charged-worldwide-takedown-largest-darknet-child</a>   Dark Scandals: <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/03/13/dark-deja-vu-irs-announces-charges-in-takedown-of-multi-million-dollar-child-exploitation-website-funded-by-bitcoin/#4a09b2ac28ae"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/03/13/dark-deja-vu-irs-announces-charges-in-takedown-of-multi-million-dollar-child-exploitation-website-funded-by-bitcoin/#4a09b2ac28ae</a> <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1257581/download"> https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1257581/download</a> Jonathan Levin from Chainalysis on Unchained: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-bitcoin-led-to-the-demise-of-the-largest-child-porn-site/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-bitcoin-led-to-the-demise-of-the-largest-child-porn-site/</a>

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