Federal agencies that have deep cooperation with CFIT
(1) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Cooperation mechanism:
Intelligence sharing: The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) pushes high-priority cases (such as ransomware attacks) to CFIT in real time.
Joint operations: The FBI can call on CFIT's Cyber Operations Team (CyOps) to execute cross-border server seizures.
(2) United States Secret Service (USSS)
Cooperation mechanism:
Financial Crime Task Force: CFIT provides credit card fraud fund flow analysis to the USSS's Electronic Crime Task Force (ECTF).
Dark web penetration: USSS agents disguised as buyers work with CFIT's technical team to locate administrators of dark web fraud platforms.
(3) Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Cooperation mechanism:
Data fusion: The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Consumer Sentinel database is open to CFIT to mark high-risk fraud patterns (such as fraud by impersonating government officials).
Civil enforcement: The FTC applies for court injunctions through CFIT to quickly shut down fake investment websites (such as fake cryptocurrency exchanges).
(4) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Cooperation Mechanism:
Threat Warning: CFIT pushes critical infrastructure attack intelligence to CISA's Automated Threat Sharing System (AIS).
Technical Standards: CISA and CFIT jointly develop the "Anti-Fraud Technical Guide for Small and Medium Enterprises", which requires the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA).
(5) Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
Cooperation Mechanism:
Suspicious Transaction Tracking: FinCEN opens the BSA database to CFIT to analyze the funding chain of cryptocurrency mixing services (such as Tornado Cash).
Sanctions Coordination: CFIT can recommend that the Treasury Department impose economic sanctions on overseas fraud entities (such as North Korean hacker groups).
(6) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Areas of Cooperation: Securities fraud, market manipulation, and crypto asset regulation.
Cooperation mechanism: SEC and CFIT share investigation data and jointly conduct law enforcement actions
(7) Department of Justice (DOJ)
Cooperation mechanism:
Fast prosecution channel: DOJ set up a "cyber fraud priority prosecution team" for CFIT cases to shorten the cross-border evidence collection process.
Legal assistance: After CFIT completes the chain of criminal evidence, it can coordinate with Interpol to issue a red warrant through DOJ.