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FinCEN Names New Acting Director to Replace Michael Mosier
National security expert Himamauli “Him” Das will become acting director of FinCEN while a search for a permanent director gets underway.
The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said on Tuesday that its current acting director, Michael Mosier, who had previously worked at Chainalysis, will depart at the end of the week for a new opportunity.
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- Himamauli “Him” Das will become acting director of FinCEN, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Treasury. Das previously worked as a national security expert and has experience at the White House, National Security Council, National Economic Council and Departments of State and the Treasury.
- Das said in a statement that he will be returning to the Department of the Treasury to combat money laundering as well as disrupt illicit financing as technologies become more sophisticated and threats rise.
- Prior to joining FinCEN on April 11, Mosier worked at the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis as its chief technical counsel.
- "Serving as acting director of FinCEN has been an absolute honor, and I am forever grateful to the committed professionals of the bureau who work tirelessly every day to help advance the integrity and innovative strength of the financial system," Mosier said in a statement.
- FinCEN said it is commencing a public search for a permanent director for the organization.
Read more: FinCEN Hires DOJ Crypto Czar as First ‘Chief Digital Currency Advisor’
Tanzeel Akhtar
Tanzeel Akhtar has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes Africa, Financial Times, The Street, Citywire, Investing.com, Euromoney, Yahoo! Finance, Benzinga, Kitco News, African Business Magazine, Hedge Week, Campden Family Office, Modern Investor, Spear's Wealth Management Magazine, Global Investor, ETF.com, ETF Stream, CIO UK, Funds Global Asia, Portfolio Institutional, Interactive Investor, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoNews.com, Bitcoin.com, The Local, The Next Web, Mining Journal, Money Marketing, Marketing Week and more. Tanzeel trained as a foreign correspondent at the University of Helsinki, Finland and newspaper journalist at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She holds a BA (Honours) in English Literature from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and completed a semester abroad as an ERASMUS student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She is NCTJ Qualified - Media Law, Public Administration and passed the Shorthand 100WPM with distinction. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.
