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Profile: Michael DuBose

Michael DuBose is a Managing Director and Cyber Investigations Practice Leader within Kroll’s Business Intelligence and Investigations group. Michael and the Cyber Investigations team will provide comprehensive investigative services for digital forensics, data breach response, and complex cyber crimes.

Prior to joining Kroll, Michael served as Chief of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), where he supervised 40 federal prosecutors and managed some of the largest investigations and prosecutions ever brought in the U.S. involving computer network intrusions, international phishing schemes, botnets, hacktivist groups, copyright piracy, theft of trade secrets, and large-scale data breaches – including the prosecution of hacker Albert Gonzalez for stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers from TJX, Hannaford, Heartland Payment Systems, and others. Michael previously was Senior Counsel for Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Treasury, and also served for more than seven years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Maine. He began his career as a federal law clerk to the late Judge Edward T. Gignoux and Chief Judge Gene Carter of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.

Michael received numerous commendations and awards over the course of his career at the DOJ. He is a two-time winner of the Department of Justice Director’s Award, a three-time winner of Assistant Attorney General Awards for combating online crime and copyright piracy, and in 2011 he received the Criminal Division’s highest award – the Henry E. Peterson Memorial Award. In addition, he has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center for nearly a decade, and has written or been interviewed for a wide variety of publications on prosecuting computer crime and the criminal enforcement of intellectual property laws.

Michael DuBose



Professional Experience

  • Combating Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Offenses. At the DOJ, Michael led the prosecution of a number of the largest international criminal groups engaged in copyright piracy, hacking, financial fraud, network intrusions, and theft of proprietary and personal data. He received the Business Software Alliance’s Cyber Champion Award for his “aggressive, cutting-edge efforts in combating cybercrime in the US and around the world.” As Chief of CCIPS, Michael was also responsible for providing strategic direction and annual training to the 250 Assistant U.S. Attorneys from across the U.S. who comprised the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) network. That specialized training included instruction in complex online investigations, the legal tools for acquiring electronic evidence, computer forensics, and relevant constitutional and statutory laws governing cyber investigations.
  • International Enforcement. Michael gained significant experience working with foreign law enforcement to dismantle international crime groups, including several prosecutions that required simultaneous, coordinated action in as many as 12 countries at once. He also directed international programs and chaired bilateral law enforcement groups such as the intellectual property enforcement working group of the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group ( JLG) on Law Enforcement Cooperation.
  • Combatting Internet Fraud and Theft. As a prosecutor, Michael led or supervised numerous international, multi-jurisdictional computer crime and intellectual property prosecutions, including: prosecution of the largest credit card data breach in history; numerous other major data breaches involving theft of financial, personal and proprietary data; international phishing and online fraud schemes against financial institutions; and theft of trade secrets and economic espionage.
  • Organized Crime. As a trial attorney, Deputy Chief for IP, and Chief of CCIPS, Michael won convictions in multiple national and international computer crime and IP prosecutions against criminal enterprises that exploited cutting-edge technologies for illicit gain. He oversaw prosecution of the so-called “King of Spam” and ten others for an international stock pump-and-dump scheme; coordinated the international investigation known as Operation Network Raider that made more than 400 seizures of counterfeit Cisco network hardware worth an estimated $76 million; and prosecuted several Eastern European crime groups for complex Internet fraud schemes that bilked U.S. consumers and banks out of tens of millions of dollars.

    Education & Certification

  • Dartmouth College, B.A., magna cum laude
  • Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude
  • Admitted to the Bar in the State of Maine

    • Michael DuBose

    Managing Director and Cyber Investigations Practice Leader

    Expertise

    • Cyber Investigations
    • Investigative & Forensic
    • Litigation & Disputes
    • Litigation Support
    • Misuse of Intellectual Property
    • Regulatory Investigations
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    United States

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