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Andrea Gacki is the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. FinCEN’s mission is to safeguard the financial system from illicit use,combat money laundering, and promote national security through the strategic use of financial authorities and the collection, analysis, and dissemination of financial intelligence.

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Prior to joining FinCEN, Ms. Gacki served as the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), another component within the Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), for approximately five years, where she oversaw the implementation and enforcement of U.S. economic sanctions. Ms. Gacki served in multiple leadership positions within OFAC prior to serving as OFAC Director, including Deputy Director, Associate Director for Compliance and Enforcement, and Assistant Director for Licensing. Separately, from January 2021 to December 2021, Ms. Gacki performed the functions of the Under Secretary for TFI, leading TFI efforts across a range of national security and illicit finance issues.

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Prior to joining the Treasury Department, Ms. Gacki served as a trial attorney in the Federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she litigated a broad range of matters involving Treasury’s national security authorities. She also served as a senior member of the Justice Department’s Terrorist Designation Team. Before joining the Justice Department, Ms. Gacki was an associate at a large international law firm, and she clerked for the Honorable Avern Cohn on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Zia M. Faruqui was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge on September 14, 2020.  He received a B.A. and J.D. from Georgetown University. Following law school, he was a litigation associate at Willkie Farr in Washington, D.C., where he focused on government investigations and general commercial litigation.  Judge Faruqui then served for twelve years as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in St. Louis and Washington D.C.  While there, he prosecuted cases involving terrorists use of cryptocurrency, North Korean weapons proliferation, darknet sites dedicated to child exploitation, and the theft of antiquities.  He also represented the Department of Justice at numerous conferences across the globe on financial crimes, cryptocurrency, and national security issues.

Carole House is the White House National Security Council (NSC) Special Advisor for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure. Most recently outside of government, she was an Executive in Residence at Terranet Ventures, Inc., and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. She has served as the Chair of the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and previously served at the NSC as the Director for Cybersecurity and Secure Digital Innovation. Carole first joined the NSC from the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), where she led cybersecurity, virtual currency, and emerging technology policy efforts as a Senior Cyber and Emerging Technology Policy Officer. Prior to FinCEN, she worked as a Presidential Management Fellow supporting the White House Office of Management and Budget's Cyber and National Security Unit and the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on cybersecurity, supply chain risk management, and critical infrastructure protection policy issues. Carole is a former Army Captain who served in chemical defense and military intelligence until November 2014, including a deployment to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, from 2012 to 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. She holds a BA in international affairs from the University of Georgia and an MA in security studies from Georgetown University

Jessica Peck is an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. She joined the Department in 2020 as a member of the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS). As an attorney for CCIPS, she partners with other federal prosecutors from around the U.S. to investigate the actors behind cryptocurrency-related hacks/thefts, ransomware deployments, and darknet markets. Ms. Peck is also CCIPS’s subject matter expert on automotive forensics and the acquisition of telematics data from third-party providers and is the Chair of the G7’s High-Tech Crime Subgroup. From June 2023 to March 2024, she worked as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division, focusing on cyber, money laundering, and cryptocurrency-related issues. Prior to joining the Department, Ms. Peck worked in the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where she directed complex, multi-agency investigations into, among other things, cryptocurrency thefts, bank fraud, and business email compromises.

Mr. Barnacle is the Deputy Assistant Director for the Criminal Investigative Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In his role as DAD, Mr. Barnacle manages FBI operations and risk mitigation strategies addressing White Collar Crimes, Financial Crimes, Money Laundering, Domestic and International Corruption, Civil Rights, International Human Rights, and all undercover operations. Prior to serving as DAD, Mr. Barnacle was Chief of the Financial Crimes Section where he led the FBI’s effort to investigate financial crimes.

Mr. Barnacle previously ran the Money Laundering, Forfeiture & Bank Fraud Unit in Washington, D.C. where he was responsible for operations, policy, initiatives, and guidance of the Money Laundering, Virtual Assets, Bank Fraud, and Asset Forfeiture Programs. Mr. Barnacle began his FBI career as an investigator of securities fraud, commodities fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering violations in the New York Field Office. Mr. Barnacle’s cases resulted in the recovery and return of $1 Billion in assets to victims of fraud. Mr. Barnacle represents law enforcement as a member of the BSA Advisory Group (BSAAG) and previously served as a delegate to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Jarod Koopman was named the Executive Director of Cyber and Forensics for IRS-Criminal Investigation in June 2021. In this capacity, Jarod established a new investigative section within CI and continues to focus priority on cybercrime and digital forensics. His primary function is the oversight and management of all cyber-related activities at a global level. This consists of close interaction with public/private sector, industry, and other law enforcement partners both domestic and international.
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Jarod began his career in 2001 as a Special Agent in New York before being selected to the Accelerated Senior Leadership Program (ASLP) in 2011.  As such, Jarod took multiples roles involving increasing levels of leadership – Supervisor (New York), Senior Analyst (Washington DC), Assistant Special Agent in Charge (Chicago), Special Agent in Charge (Detroit) and Director of Cyber Crimes (Washington DC).

Supt. Adrienne Vickery is the Director of Financial Crime at the RCMP’s Federal Policing Criminal Operations in Ottawa.  She has extensive experience working financial crime investigations and is recognized for leading money laundering and cryptocurrency program optimization efforts within the RCMP, including the implementation of policies, guidelines, tools and training needed to assist investigators through the identification, investigation, seizure and management of cryptocurrency assets. Supt. Vickery is a founding member of both the RCMP’s national Virtual Currency Working Group and the International Virtual Assets Working Group, strengthening global efforts to tackle cryptocurrency-enabled crime. She is a strong advocate of building and maintaining public-private partnerships to support information sharing, money laundering enforcement and asset recovery.

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Minh Nguyen is the Deputy Chief of DEA's Cyber Unit based out of DEA Headquarters in Arlington.  With 26 years and counting, he has extensive experience with international counter-narcotics operations, serving over 10 years in overseas assignments.  His duty stations with the DEA include: New York, Miami, Austria, Philadelphia, and Thailand.  

Alexandra D. “Ali” Comolli is an Assistant United States Attorney and Digital Asset Coordinator for the Southern District of Florida. Previously, AUSA Comolli served approximately nine years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where she specialized in the investigation of virtual currency money laundering and worked alongside truly exceptional case agents and prosecutors to develop innovative investigative strategy, identify otherwise-anonymous targets, and seize illicit proceeds. As a founder the FBI’s Virtual Currency Response Team, she assembled an elite group of experts assigned to tackle the FBI’s most complex virtual currency investigations. AUSA Comolli was also instrumental in the creation of the Department of Justice’s Joint Opioid and Darknet Enforcement Team, which leads and coordinates government efforts to detect, disrupt, and dismantle major criminal enterprises reliant on the Darknet for trafficking opioids and other illicit narcotics. For her work in these threat spaces, she received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award and the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in International Operations, among others. AUSA Comolli is a proud graduate of Duke University and the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University and is admitted to the Massachusetts bar.

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David Bishop is the Unit Chief of the DEA’s Cyber Support Section- Exploitation Team, which provides virtual currency tracing and analysis for all DEA. The Exploitation team provides support to cases ranging from Darkweb Market Places to precursor chemical vendors and major money laundering organizations linked to Mexican cartels and the Chinese triads. Prior to becoming the Unit Chief of the Exploitation Team, David was a tracer on the team and served two prior DEA foreign tours in Dubai and Bahrain.

Jonathan Scharf is the Deputy Chief of the Major Economic Crimes Bureau and Director of Cryptocurrency Investigations in the Queens County District Attorney’s Office in New York City, where he oversees long-term investigations of financial fraud, cybercrime, narcotics trafficking, money laundering and asset forfeiture.Prior to joining the Queens District Attorney’s Office Mr. Scharf was a Trial Attorney in the Special Financial Investigations Unit of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, where his practice focused on the investigation and prosecution of international organized criminal organizations.  During his tenure at the DepartmentMr. Scharf served as the Financial Litigation Counsel at DEA’s Special Operations Division and Legal Counsel to the International Organized Crime Intelligence Operations Center.
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Mr. Scharf has received numerous commendations for his service including the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Cyber Investigations Award, Prosecutor of the Year by the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI), and a Gold Record from the Recording Industry Association of America for combating sound piracy.  Mr. Scharf is Co-Chair of the New York External Fraud Committee.
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Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Scharf served as the Coordinator of Regional Intelligence at the Philadelphia Police Department and as a Program Analyst in the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in the United States Department of Justice.Mr. Scharf received his undergraduate degree in Political Science with honors from Tufts University in 1998, a Masters in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001, and his J.D. from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2005, where he was a member of the Jessup International Moot

Joe McGill is an Investigative Analyst with the U.S. Secret Service, where he is a member of the Memphis Virtual Currency Task Force. McGill has over ten years of experience in federal law enforcement, having served as a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, where he specialized in financial crimes. Prior to his current role, McGill led the Crypto Incident Response team at TRM Labs and is the Chief Architect of Chainabuse.com, a platform dedicated to combating blockchain-related fraud and abus

With over 20 years of distinguished service in the Department of Defense (DoD), Edward “Eddie” Murray is a seasoned leader, manager, and analyst specializing in counter threat finance. Eddie has demonstrated exceptional professionalism and leadership throughout a diverse career, culminating in a pivotal role as the Counter Threat Finance (CTF) Program Manager within the Operations Directorate at United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) and more recent as the deputy program manager of the Intelligence Systems Support Office project Mortal Mint. Mortal Mint is a Deputy Assistant Security of Defense (DASD) for Counter Narcotics and Stabilization Policy (CN&SP) funded project.

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In his current position, Eddie has been instrumental in overseeing the implementation of systems and software applications that support DASD CN&SP funded CTF enterprise. He manages Mortal Mint Counter Narcotics (CN) and CTF program training and analytical activities, ensuring alignment with mission objectives while adhering to federal regulations.

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Previously, as a CTF Intel-Ops Specialist at USCENTCOM, Eddie led cross-command and interagency efforts to target transnational criminal organizations. His expertise in financial threat analysis and operations was crucial in disrupting financial networks linked to nefarious activities. He has also played a significant role in developing and implementing procedures that enhance intelligence support and targeting efficacy.

During deployments to Afghanistan, Edward Murray served as a Senior Analyst and Liaison Officer with the Afghan Threat Finance Cell, where Eddie crafted analytical products and provided mentorship to Afghan law enforcement and DoD counterparts. His work contributed to significant operational successes and the development of effective counter-threat strategies.

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Edward Murray holds a Bachelor of Arts from American Military University, along with certifications in Intelligence Studies, Microsoft Office, and various specialized military training programs. Their extensive background underscores a commitment to excellence in intelligence analysis and operational leadership, making them an asset in any high-stakes environment.

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Joe Herman is a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Memphis Field Office. He is a member of the Memphis Virtual Currency Task Force, which works to combat frauds and other virtual currency related crimes around the country. Special Agent Herman has three years of experience in the FBI, where he has worked on complex financial crime investigations. Prior to his time with the FBI, Special Agent Herman worked five years in the public accounting sector with focuses on International Tax and Data Analytics. 

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Special Agent (SA) Cole Evans joined Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in 2016 and began working narcotics smuggling investigations in San Diego, California.  Shortly thereafter SA Evans led investigations targeting Darkweb Narcotics vendors located in Southern California with successful convictions of DNM vendors “Superboss” and “Arctic”.  SA Evans is currently assigned to SAC San Diego Cyber Intrusion Group and investigates Network Intrusion crimes and Decentralized Finance hacks.  
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Prior to joining HSI, SA Evans served as an officer in the US Navy as a PlatoonCommander at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 located in Coronado, California.  SA Evans served as Commander Task Unit 56.1.1 whiledeployed to CENTCOM AOR.  SA Evans holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the United States Naval Academy.

Morgan Morgan is a Technical Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, where he is a member of the Memphis Virtual Currency Task Force. Morgan has over 18 years of experience in federal law enforcement, consisting of a variety of assignments from tactical operations to investigating complex financial crime schemes and digital forensic incident responses. 

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Chris leads a team of unmatched investigative talent from former law enforcement and private sector organizations, including U.S. Secret Service, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), UK’s National Crime Agency, and Federal Police of Brazil. Prior to joining TRM, Chris spent 13 years at the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) as a special agent. Chris led some of the most notorious cryptocurrency-related criminal investigations including the largest seizure in government history and the “Welcome to Video” takedown. Chris was instrumental in establishing an inter-agency cryptocurrency strike force with the Washington, D.C. United States Attorney’s Office and has briefed policy makers at the highest levels of government on cryptocurrency and cyber issues. Additionally, Chris and his team’s case work and methodologies were cited extensively in DOJ’s “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework”. Chris was a recipient of the Secretary’s Honor Award, from the Secretary of the Treasury (2020), Chief’s Investigative Excellence, from Chief, IRS-CI (2020), and the Meritorious Service Award, from the Secretary of the Treasury (2019).

Jennifer Vander Veer is the Product Strategy Lead at TRM Labs. In this role, she applies her deep knowledge of law enforcement capability requests on a global scale and catalyzes that information under a unified platform where law enforcement partners can bolster their investigative capabilities. Prior to joining TRM, Vander Veer was a Special Agent with the FBI, where she specialized in cyber matters and was a subject matter expert in blockchain intelligence and cryptocurrency tracing on the FBI’s Virtual Currency Response Team. In her 14 years at the FBI, she led investigations into foreign and domestic criminal activities ranging from state-sponsored network intrusions and economic espionage to major cryptocurrency exchange compromises and ransomware attacks leading to several arrests and seizures of millions of dollars of cryptocurrency. Before joining the FBI, she developed and oversaw the e-commerce division of a retail chain in New England and worked with the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories and Silicon Graphics. She holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, a B.S in Engineering from Swarthmore College, and GIAC GCIH and GSEC certifications.

Ari Redbord is the Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs. Prior to joining TRM, Ari was the Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary and the Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the United States Treasury. Ari worked with teams from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and other Treasury components to use sanctions and other regulatory tools to effectively safeguard the financial system from illicit use by terrorist financiers, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, drug kingpins, and other rogue actors, including Iran, Syria, North Korea and Venezuela. In addition, Ari worked closely with regulators, the Hill and the interagency on issues related to the Bank Secrecy Act, cryptocurrency, and anti-money laundering strategies. Prior to Treasury, Ari was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for eleven years where he investigated and prosecuted terrorism, espionage, threat finance, cryptocurrency, export control, child exploitation and human trafficking cases.

While at the FBI, Mr. Armstrong was the Unit Chief of the Bureau’s Counterterrorism Finance Targeting Unit (CTFTU) where he led teams that leveraged financial intelligence to initiate and enhance illicit finance investigations. In addition, Mr. Armstrong was the program manager of the Virtual Currency Evolving Threat team, where he led some of the largest cryptocurrency-related investigations including the dismantling of three terrorist financing cyber-enabled campaigns, involving Hamas, ISIS, and al-Qaeda. He received the FinCEN Director’s Award in 2022 for that work. In addition, Mr. Armstrong received the 2020 FinCEN Director’s Award for his work investigating North Korean cybercriminal and proliferation activity, the 2022 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Award, the Homeland Security Director’s Award, and numerous others.

As a former Special Agent with the U. S. Secret Service, Rita was the lead case agent responsible for several complex transnational organized financial crime investigations. The majority of her former casework targeted high- risk cryptocurrency exchanges and other infrastructure

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is a member of the Global Investigations team at TRM, where he specializes in complex investigations involving mixing services. Prior to joining TRM, Nick spent 12 years as an intelligence analyst at the FBI. While at the FBI, Nick played a key role initiating and executing the US government's largest investigations and disruptions of North Korea's trade-based money laundering networks. These cases resulted in the indictments of dozens of North Korean agents, the first-ever extradition of a North Korean national to the United States, the seizure of tens of millions of dollars in illicit proceeds, and pioneering case law on the use of the USA Patriot Act to obtain international financial records. Nick is the recipient of two FBI Director's Awards (2013 and 2017), the FBI's highest award for investigative excellence. He is also the recipient of two FINCEN Director's Awards (2018 and 2020), and two National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director's Awards (both awarded in 2016).

Callie is an industry expert in the field of blockchain intelligence, currently serving as a Senior Blockchain Analyst and ransomware lead at TRM Labs. In this role, she specializes in collecting and analyzing glass box attribution, conducting complex investigations, authoring intelligence reports, and fostering partnerships between public and private sectors. As a liaison for TRM’s Threat Intelligence Team, embedded at the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), Callie actively works to foster proactive collaboration in combating illicit crypto crimes.Before joining TRM Labs, Callie served at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over a span of six years as a Tactical Specialist (SOS). She was an integral member of the Evidence Response Team at the Pittsburgh Field Office, focusing on multi-faceted investigations into transnational organized crime, financial fraud, and cybercrime. Her background with the FBI has provided her with a deep understanding of criminal networks and the financial underpinnings of cyber threats, which she now applies to her work in the rapidly evolving blockchain and cryptocurrency landscape.