FinCEN Hires First-Ever Chief Digital Currency Advisor to Curb Crypto Crime

Michelle Korver has been appointed as #FinCEN‘s first-ever top #digital currency advisor https://t.co/I3iMpMbL4w

— CoinsCreed | Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency News (@coinscreed) July 6, 2021

In last week’s report, FinCEN highlighted the misuse of crypto assets as a top priority, stating how they are being used to facilitate crimes such as money laundering. Following the report, Korver has been hired as the DCA to “advance FinCEN’s leadership role in the digital currency space by working across internal and external partners.”

Here’s what FinCEN’s Acting Director Michael Mosier commented on Tuesday:

“Michele brings a wealth of digital currency expertise, and will be a tremendous leader in coordinated efforts to maximize FinCEN’s contribution to the innovative potential for financial expansion of opportunity while minimizing illicit finance risk” 

Numerous financial crimes are being executed through the use of cryptocurrencies. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is under probe from global regulatory bodies over rising concerns of money laundering and terrorism financing. To curb this threat, FinCEN placed mitigating crypto-crimes as its top priority. 

Related to digital currency policy-making, Michele Korver has also worked with the Treasury’s Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Using her expertise, crypto matters related to financial crime will be better managed though informed decision-making and prosecutorial strategies. 

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