The Cyber Fraud Investigation Team (CFIT) is an interdepartmental joint action unit established by the U.S. federal government to respond to increasingly complex cybercrime and financial fraud. It is responsible for coordinating major cyber financial crime investigations across the United States. As the core law enforcement unit of the FBI's cybercrime investigation system, it leads international pursuit operations against complex cyber fraud by integrating federal resources and technical means. CFIT works with law enforcement agencies, cybersecurity companies and international organizations to investigate digital fraud around the world, recover assets and dismantle fraud networks. Its core mission is to integrate law enforcement resources, technical capabilities and legal tools to combat high-tech crimes such as transnational cyber fraud, cryptocurrency money laundering, identity theft, securities manipulation, and fill the functional gaps of traditional law enforcement agencies.
Intelligence Integration: Aggregate threat data from the FBI, CISA and FinCEN to generate cross-departmental fraud trend reports.
Joint Law Enforcement: Coordinate cross-border raids with the FBI Cyber Operations Group (CyOps) and the NSA Electronic Crime Task Force (ECTF).
Technology Empowerment: Deploy blockchain tracking tools (such as Chainalysis) and AI-driven phishing email detection systems.
International cooperation: Coordinate with the U.S. Department of Justice and Interpol to freeze assets and extradite criminals overseas.
Public education: Jointly publish anti-fraud guides with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and conduct social media publicity campaigns.