Crypto Asset Freezes, Website Seizures, and Forfeiture: Inside DOJ’s October 2026 Enforcement Push and Where the Defense Begins
In two days in October 2026, DOJ, the FBI, and the Brooklyn District Attorney identified more than $11 million in freezable crypto, seized 241 scam domains and 112 servers, and took 187 devices from North Korean laptop farms. Former DOJ prosecutors Scott Armstrong and Drew Bradylyons explain how exchange freezes, seizure warrants, and forfeiture deadlines work, who is exposed, and where the defense begins.
Cherry-Picking Cases: SEC, CFTC, DOJ Enforcement and Defense
Two cherry-picking cases were filed in the past four weeks, following a 2024 indictment of a chief investment officer and a 2023 criminal case against a commodity pool operator trading crypto futures. Former DOJ Fraud Section supervisors analyze what the SEC, CFTC, and DOJ plead in every case, the charges each agency brings, how the cases reach securities, futures, and crypto, and how the data, the documents, and the cooperating witnesses are contested at trial.