Tony Moore
Detective, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Tony Moore is a detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. With over 30 years of investigative experience, he’s amassed expertise in forgery-fraud, social media, internet investigations, dark web, crypto-currencies and human trafficking investigations. In that time he’s investigated 100’s of complex cryptocurrency related crimes and has assisted with numerous local, state and federal cybercrime investigations.
In 2011, Tony discovered the Bitcoin ecosystem and immediately became an avid student. In 2013 he was a student in the inaugural class of the world’s first accredited online Digital Currency course where he earned a Certificate of Completion through the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Shortly thereafter he was recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Blockchain Insiders, for his work in the cryptocurrency field according to Richtopia.com. Tony’s been a guest speaker at over 50 internationally recognized Law Enforcement conferences including, the International Association Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference, California District Attorneys Association, 2nd and 5th Annual FBI Victual Currency Symposium and the National Black Peace Officer Association.
In 2011, Tony discovered the Bitcoin ecosystem and immediately became an avid student. In 2013 he was a student in the inaugural class of the world’s first accredited online Digital Currency course where he earned a Certificate of Completion through the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Shortly thereafter he was recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Blockchain Insiders, for his work in the cryptocurrency field according to Richtopia.com. Tony’s been a guest speaker at over 50 internationally recognized Law Enforcement conferences including, the International Association Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference, California District Attorneys Association, 2nd and 5th Annual FBI Victual Currency Symposium and the National Black Peace Officer Association.
Tony instructs detailed courses on policing cryptocurrencies, dark web, internet investigations and computer forensics via the California Department of Justice (CADOJ) and University of California, Irvine (UCI), where he is an adjunct professor. Throughout his career he’s trained over 4500 law enforcement and civilian personnel, from 150 agencies, and 5 different countries.
Tony’s received numerous awards for his law enforcement contributions including; “Instructor of the Year” for Individual Excellence in Law Enforcement Training by the California Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission (POST), “Distinguished Instructor Award” from the University of California, Irvine, and a recipient of the United States Attorney General’s, Law Enforcement Award and the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Partnership Award.