Harold Chun is a trial attorney with extensive experience investigating and litigating complex computer crimes. Most recently, he was Senior Counsel with the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, where he prosecuted federal computer crimes and intellectual property violations, including offenses related to hacking, botnets, DDOS attacks and trade secret theft. Additionally, he actively participated in the formulation and application of policy related to international and domestic cybercrime and cybersecurity. Prior to joining CCIPS, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California, where he prosecuted a wide-range of federal offenses, including white-collar fraud schemes, narcotics trafficking, money-laundering, sports bribery, violent crimes and RICO predicate acts. Since joining the U.S. Department of Justice in 2005, he has conducted more than a dozen federal jury trials, most recently convicting notorious computer hacker Roman Seleznev, for which he was awarded a Distinguished Service Award from the Director of the Secret Service.
