While the U.S. government has not published regular reports of crimes involving the use of bitcoin, the Department of Justice does publish press releases with bitcoin tags
The Block has updated a 2020 analysis on bitcoin mentions in DOJ press releases as a proxy for bitcoin-related crime trends
Of the 94 U.S. Attorney district offices, 62 have published such press releases
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