The Secret Service, best known for its work in providing protection to American political leaders, has also become a significant crime-fighter in the crypto sphere.
In addition to the widely-publicized seizure of $225 million in crypto last month, following a massive investigation that also involved the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Secret Service’s Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC) has recovered an additional $175 million in digital assets from criminals over the past decade, according to a recent report from Bloomberg illuminating the team’s efforts, citing confidential sources.
Bloomberg also reported that much of the recovered funds, totaling around $400 million, “sits in a single cold-storage wallet.” The recovery effort harkens back to the department’s original mandate, as an agency of the U.S. Treasury department combating an earlier form of financial scheme: counterfeiting money.
In addition to the seizures, the GIOC has conducted free, week-long training sessions in more than 60 countries to inform local law enforcement officials on how to identify and prevent crypto-based scams and crimes.
“Sometimes after just a week-long training, they can be like, ‘Wow, we didn’t even realize that this is occurring in our country,’” Kali Smith, the lawyer leading the department’s cryptocurrency strategy, told Bloomberg.
Coinbase previously detailed its work aiding the Secret Service in tracking funds, and Tether, back in December, 2023, said it onboarded the FBI and the Secret Service to the company’s platform to better assist in asset freezing and seizing.
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