Carlos
Orozco
Carlos Orozco is a Supervisory Special Agent and Program Manager in the Office of Cyber and Forensic Services within IRS - Criminal Investigation. Mr. Orozco has played an instrumental role in building and growing IRS:CI’s Cyber Crime section. Since joining the section in 2017, he has helped develop and implement IRS:CI's global cybercrime strategy and virtual asset investigations program. In other roles, Mr. Orozco has gained firsthand experience overseeing and conducting complex, multi-jurisdiction financial investigations including those involving the illicit uses of virtual assets. As the unit chief over the Washington DC based Cyber Crimes Unit (IRS:CI’s investigative unit into the illicit uses of virtual assets) he oversaw dozens of sophisticated and complex global money laundering investigations involving the illicit uses of virtual assets, including the 2016 theft of approximately 120,000 BTC from a virtual currency exchange which led to the seizure of over 94,000 BTC, valued at approximately $3.6 billion. Since its establishment in 2015, the Cyber Crime Unit has led some of the most impactful investigations into the illicit uses of virtual asset including Bitfinex hack, Hydra marketplace, Eastern Metal Securities, Helix bitcoin mixer, Bitcoin Fog mixer, welcome to video CSAM site, BTC-e, SSNDOB marketplace, Twitter hijacking, and others involving national security threats such as terrorism financing and financial sanctions evasion.