Former IRS Crime Chief Joins Chainalysis

Former IRS Crime Chief Joins Chainalysis


To reinforce the powers of the company's office against various kinds of financial crimes, Chainalysis, a pioneer at the blockchain forensics field, is forming this strategic partnership with a prominent financial expert, James Lee who was Chief of the IRS Criminal Investigations of United States.

The former Chief of IRS-Criminal Investigation, Jim Lee, has found a new home. Lee has announced that he was joining Chainalysis as their Global Head of Capacity Building.

Former IRS Criminal Investigations Chief James Lee will help law enforcement, regulators and agencies build the capacity to fight illicit financial crime.

In his new role, Lee will advise law enforcement and tax agencies on how they can better fight crypto crime with Chainalysis' data.

Jim Lee said his move was partly due to Chainalysis β€œ[leading] the way from the private sector in making cryptocurrency safe.”

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