The IRS has increased funding for collection and enforcement, with a stated focus on high income non-filers and digital assets (among other areas). The DOJ has also.
On November 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had seized more than $3.36 billion worth of bitcoin as part of a continuing investigation into a 10-year.
Department of Justice released the Role of Law Enforcement in Detecting, Investigating and Prosecuting Criminal Activity Related to Digital Assets pursuant to Biden’s Executive Order. The DOJ announced the Criminal Division’s launch of the Digital Asset Coordinators Network.
In response to President Biden’s March 9, 2022 Executive Order on digital assets, the DOJ announced the formation of a new network of prosecutors tasked with becoming specialists in.