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# Organizations and roles

March 2023, Cryptocurrency laundering
[ChipMixer takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/chipmixer-takedown)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 2 organizations on this action. Operational lead: FBI and BKA. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Bundeskriminalamt](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/bundeskriminalamt), Germany | Co-lead | Seized server infrastructure in Germany. |
| | [Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation), United States | Co-lead | Led the US side of the seizure and prosecution. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

US seizure warrant; German judicial search/seizure authority; federal criminal charges.

### Ongoing investigation

Group accounted for: Partial. Nothing in the cited record states that everyone involved has been identified.

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026