The Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC) is a specialized unit within the U.S. Secret Service that investigates and disrupts cryptocurrency-related financial crimes by tracing, analyzing, and seizing illicit digital assets across international networks.

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The Secret Service’s Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC), a little-known unit specializing in tracing digital financial crimes across borders, has helped claw back nearly $400 million in crypto linked to investment schemes, extortion plots, and romance scams.
Lam is part of the agency’s Global Investigative Operations Center or GIOC, a team specializing in digital financial crimes.