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Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section

Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)

About CCIPS

The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section pursues three overarching goals:

  • To deter and disrupt computer and intellectual property crime by bringing and supporting key investigations and prosecutions
  • To guide the proper collection of electronic evidence by investigators and prosecutors,
  • To provide technical and legal advice and assistance to agents and prosecutors in the U.S. and around the world.

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Countering Cybercrime

Countering Cybercrime: Fact Sheet

Leadership

John Lynch
Chief, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section

Contact

Phone
202-514-1026

Email
Criminal.Division@usdoj.gov

News
PDAAG Argentieri Delivers Remarks at the Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in the Justice Department.
Press Release
Readout of the Criminal Division’s Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in the Justice Department
The Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) co-hosted the Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Justice Symposium in Washington, D.C., at the Center for Strategic...
Press Release
Two Foreign Nationals Sentenced for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Apple Inc. Out of 6,000 iPhones
Two men were sentenced yesterday for participating in a scheme to defraud Apple Inc. (Apple) out of millions of dollars worth of iPhones. Haotian Sun, 34, a Chinese...
Press Release
Previously Extradited Foreign National Sentenced for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Business Email Compromise Schemes Targeting Educational Institutions and Businesses in Texas and North Carolina
A dual citizen of Nigeria and the United Kingdom was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar business email compromise (BEC) scheme.
Speech
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri Delivers Remarks at the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section’s Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in the Justice Department at Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington, DC
Good morning. I’m Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Head of the Criminal Division. I’d like to thank the Center for Strategic and International Studies and...
Press Release
Russian National Indicted for Series of Ransomware Attacks
The Justice Department today unsealed an indictment charging Russian national Aleksandr Viktorovich Ryzhenkov (Александр Викторович Рыженков) with using the BitPaymer ransomware variant to attack numerous victims in Texas...
Press Release
Two Russian Nationals Charged in Connection with Operating Billion Dollar Money Laundering Services
The Justice Department today announced actions coordinated with the Department of State, Department of the Treasury, and other federal and international law enforcement partners to combat Russian money...