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The Guardian - US
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Anna Betts

Trump’s justice department to disband unit investigating crypto fraud

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The US Department of Justice building in Washington DC on 5 February. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The US justice department is disbanding a unit that was dedicated to investigating cryptocurrency-related fraud as Donald Trump’s presidential administration loosens oversight in the digital assets sector.

In a four-page memo sent to justice department employees on Monday evening, the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, said that its national cryptocurrency enforcement team (NCET) “shall be disbanded effective immediately”.

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