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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking a trial attorney to help with the federal executive agencyās Digital Currency Initiative. The DOJ posted a job listing on the justice.gov web portal and the hired individual is expected to serve as an āexpert on digital currency and blockchain technologies for the criminal division.ā
DOJās Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section Needs a Digital Currency Trial Attorney
The DOJās criminal division aims to hire an experienced and permanent attorney to work at the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) located in Washington, DC. Remote attorneys will be considered if they qualify for the Digital Currency Initiative (DCI) job listing. MLARSā main goal is to ātake the profit out of crimeā and it accomplishes this mission in various ways.
The new hire will help bolster the MLARS mission in criminal prosecutions, forfeiture actions, investigations of financial institutions committing money laundering, transgressions against the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. sanctions, alongside cybercriminals, and the drug cartels.
Not only is the person applying expected to āserve as a subject matter expert on digital currency and blockchain technologies for the criminal divisionā but the individual must also develop and execute ātraining and educational materials relating to digital currency.ā
Moreover, the applicant is required to have āextensive knowledgeā in regard to crypto assets and blockchain technology and knowledge of money laundering and asset forfeiture law. The starting annual salary for the DOJās new crypto position is $144,128 with a cap at $172,500 per annum.
The individual should have a background in āinvestigating criminal mattersā and āsensitive law enforcement techniques.ā Furthermore, five years minimum experience as a criminal prosecutor or trial attorney is mandated as well.
āPeriodic domestic and international travel may be required,ā the DOJ announcement concludes.
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