The FDIC has been exposed for deliberately concealing documents related to its actions against the cryptocurrency industry and has conducted social media investigations on several critics
ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, multiple insiders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the United States have exposed a series of misconducts by the agency in Operation Chokepoint 2.0 (a crackdown on the crypto industry).
According to the revelations, the FDIC employed various means to evade the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), including marking documents as attorney-client privileged, conducting incomplete searches within regional systems, and hiding documents generated on collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams. Insiders claim that about 150 key documents were not submitted.
At the same time, the FDIC has also been accused of conducting social media investigations on several well-known figures in the industry, including Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal, WSPN CEO Austin Campbell, Custodia Bank founder Caitlin Long, Castle Island Ventures founder Nic Carter, and Unchained podcast regulatory reporter Veronica Irwin. Insiders stated that they were personally assigned to investigate whether these individuals posed a threat to the FDIC.