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Law Enforcement Only
Law Enforcement Only

    Thomas Abernathy

    Senior Vice President
    Asset Reality
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Jarod Koopman was named the Executive Director of Field Operations for the Northern Area in April 2025 after spending a decade as the Executive over Cyber and Forensics for IRS-Criminal Investigation. As the DFO, Jarod now oversees 7 Field Offices along the Northern border from Chicago East, handling all operational oversight. Prior to this role, Jarod established the Cyber Crimes section within CI where his primary function was the oversight and management of all cyber-related activities at a global level. This consisted of close coordination with public/private sector, industry, and other law enforcement partners both foreign and domestic. Jarod began his career in 2001 as a Special Agent in NY before being selected as a Supervisor (NY), Senior Analyst (DC), ASAC (Chicago), Special Agent in Charge (Detroit) and the Director roles (DC).

    *Notable investigations include Liberty Reserve, Silk Road I and II, Alphabay, Hydra, Binance, Btc-e, Mt Gox, Welcome2Video, OneCoin, Bitclub Network, Bitconnect, Helix, Bitcoin Fog, xDedic, North Korean Hack, Bitqyck, Bitfinex, Zhong, Samourai Wallet and ETH Exploit.

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