Claudia Quiroz is the Acting Director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), which is now a permanent section in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), where Claudia also serves as Acting Deputy Chief. She has been a federal prosecutor with the United States Attorney in the Northern District of California since 2014. Claudia has investigated and prosecuted numerous cases involving the misuse of cryptocurrencies and digital assets, including cases involving darknet markets, DeFi platforms, money laundering, hacks and computer intrusions, and securities and financial fraud. She has also investigated matters involving trade secrets, white-collar offenses, and organized crime. Claudia received her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2007. While at UW Law, Claudia served as Symposium Editor, Articles Editor, and Diversity Chair of the Wisconsin Law Review. Following law school, Claudia clerked for Hon. Micaela Alvarez in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.